On November 24, 2021, the Global Health Law Consortium hosted its second Annual Conference in Mantello, Italy.

Discussions focused on the development, implementation, and interaction of soft and hard global health law, from instruments like the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework, and the International Health Regulations, to a prospective Pandemic Treaty. Participants also considered these instruments in relation to human rights and global health policy.

Welcome Address & Keynote: Reifying the Siracusa Principles in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

• Steven Hoffman, GHLC Chair
• Lisa Forman, Annual Conference Chair
• Sam Zarifi, Keynote Speaker
• Sharifah Sekalala, Keynote Chair

Panel 1: Does WHO make soft law hard?

• Judith Bueno de Mesquita, Panel Chair
• Steven Hoffman: The Global Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance
• Mark Eccleston-Turner: The Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework

Panel 2: Pandemic Law-Making

• Lisa Forman, Panel Chair
• Gian Luca Burci: Do we need a Pandemic Treaty?
• Pedro Villarreal: Revisiting the ‘invisible’ International Health Regulations

Panel 3: Human Rights and Global Health Policy

• Benjamin Mason Meier, Panel Chair
• Alicia Ely Yamin: Human Rights and Global Health Law: ‘Ships Passing in the Night’?
• Stéphanie Dagron: The Agenda 2030 and its Implications for Global Health Law