The World Health Organization in Global Health Law

International collaboration is crucial to the COVID-19 response. In realizing global solidarity, the World Health Organization (WHO) has sought to bring the world together to respond to a shared threat. This collaboration has required global health law, with WHO long developing regulations to bind states under international law. As the international community faces its greatest modern test in the COVID-19 pandemic, WHO has confronted unprecedented challenges, with states neglecting international legal commitments in the pursuit of nationalist disease responses. Given the limitations of international law in the COVID-19 response, it will be crucial to reform global health law, with sweeping implications for the future of WHO governance