Apocalypse Now?

IF 0.3 Q3 LAW

Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies Pub Date : 2020-08-13 DOI:10.1163/18781527-01102004

Hin-Yan Liu, K. Lauta, M. Maas

引用次数: 5

Abstract

This paper explores the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic through the framework of existential risks – a class of extreme risks that threaten the entire future of humanity. In doing so, we tease out three lessons: (1) possible reasons underlying the limits and shortfalls of international law, international institutions and other actors which Covid-19 has revealed, and what they reveal about the resilience or fragility of institutional frameworks in the face of existential risks; (2) using Covid-19 to test and refine our prior ‘Boring Apocalypses’ model for understanding the interplay of hazards, vulnerabilities and exposures in facilitating a particular disaster, or magnifying its effects; and (3) to extrapolate some possible futures for existential risk scholarship and governance.

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现代启示录？

本文通过生存风险的框架探讨了正在进行的新冠肺炎大流行——这是一类威胁人类整个未来的极端风险。在这样做的过程中，我们总结出三个教训：（1）新冠肺炎揭示的国际法、国际机构和其他行为者的局限性和不足的可能原因，以及它们揭示了体制框架在面临生存风险时的韧性或脆弱性；（2）使用新冠肺炎测试和完善我们之前的“无聊启示”模型，以了解危险、脆弱性和暴露在促成特定灾难或放大其影响方面的相互作用；以及（3）推断存在风险学术和治理的一些可能的未来。

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Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies LAW-

CiteScore

1.50

自引率

11.10%

发文量

期刊介绍： The Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies is a peer reviewed journal aimed at promoting the rule of law in humanitarian emergency situations and, in particular, the protection and assistance afforded to persons in the event of armed conflicts and natural disasters in all phases and facets under international law. The Journal welcomes submissions in the areas of international humanitarian law, international human rights law, international refugee law and international law relating to disaster response. In addition, other areas of law can be identified including, but not limited to the norms regulating the prevention of humanitarian emergency situations, the law concerning internally displaced persons, arms control and disarmament law, legal issues relating to human security, and the implementation and enforcement of humanitarian norms. The Journal´s objective is to further the understanding of these legal areas in their own right as well as in their interplay. The Journal encourages writing beyond the theoretical level taking into account the practical implications from the perspective of those who are or may be affected by humanitarian emergency situations. The Journal aims at and seeks the perspective of academics, government and organisation officials, military lawyers, practitioners working in the humanitarian (legal) field, as well as students and other individuals interested therein.