Özet:

The COVID-19 epidemic, which appears at the end of 2019, continues to hit the whole world. In addition to the dead losses to this time, it has caused one of the most tremendous damages of the last century in many areas such as health, economy, trade and travel. The rapid spread of the infection has led to the role of mechanisms expected to provide effective global cooperation and coordination, primarily the World Health Organization (WHO). The purpose of this article is to evaluate the institutional mechanisms and regulations in international law concerning the management of the fight against the global crises caused by the COVID-19 epidemic and infectious diseases. In the first section, the structure and regulations of the DSO are discussed, especially the provisions of the International Health Regulation of 2005. The second section evaluates the functioning of the DSO system in the context of the COVID-19 epidemic and offers solutions to existing deficiencies. The last section examines the roles of global management mechanisms in the fields of international human rights law, international trade law and international collective security system, which remain outside the international health law but are directly linked to the global crises caused by the COVID-19 epidemic and infectious diseases. As a result of all these assessments, the critical importance of international law in the effective resolution of global problems such as epidemics is emphasized.

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