Re-Entering Qatar: Implications for Employers and Travelers
Fragomen This article discusses Qatar’s approach to the COVID-19 pandemic and considers the implications for employers and travelers. Article
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Criminal Responsibility for the COVID-19 Pandemic in Syria
SSRN This working paper examines whether individual criminal responsibility may stand for the Syrian government’s campaign of violence against healthcare which has led to the deaths and suffering through injuries and illness including due to COVID-19. Working Paper
Read MoreUpdate: The Kingdom of Bahrain & COVID-19: Bahrain’s Reaction to the Global Pandemic
Charles Russels Speechlys This article reports on the various limitations and requirements the government of Bahrain enacted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Article
Read MoreContracts in the Time of COVID-19 in the UAE
Mayer Brown This article discusses how UAE law may provide potential solutions to contractual parties suffering from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent economic crisis. Article
Read MoreCoronavirus in Morocco Opens Possibilities for New Social Contracts
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace This article examines the measures taken by the Moroccan government to tackle the multilayered challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic with a focus on the unsustainability of certain policies aggravating social precarity. Article
Read MoreLibya: Historic Discrimination Threatens Right to Health of Minorities in the South amid COVID-19
Amnesty International This article reports on the impact of the spread of COVID-19 on Libya’s public health system, undermined by years of armed conflict and insecurity including attacks on medical facilities. Article
Read MoreTunisia Facing COVID-19: To Exceptional Circumstances, Exceptional Measures?
Arab Reform Initiative This article explores how Tunisia’s different institutions have responded to the COVID-19 crisis. Article
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