The Global Health Law Consortium (GHLC) is a collaborative interdisciplinary research initiative focused on advancing global health law.

Global health law describes the legal institutions that structure global health. In a globalizing world, connecting societies in shared vulnerability and highlighting the limitations of domestic law, global health law offers the promise and opportunity of bridging national boundaries through public international law to alleviate health inequities around the world.

The Global Health Law Consortium brings together academics in the field to promote: 

• Education — develop the academic field of global health law and mentor emerging scholars in the field;  
• Engagement — provide authoritative interpretations of legal instruments in global health; and
• Research — facilitate global health law research projects that draw on collaborative scholarship.

Launched in April 2019, the Global Health Law Consortium has worked together to interpret the International Health Regulations, analyze the legal implications of the global COVID-19 response, and consider future legal standards for global health governance.