PrF:MVV104K Public Health Emergency Law - Informace o předmětu

MVV104K Public Health Emergency Law: Domestic and International

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Judith West Munson, J.D. (cvičící), doc. JUDr. Jiří Valdhans, Ph.D. (zástupce)

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doc. JUDr. Jiří Valdhans, Ph.D.
Katedra mezinárodního a evropského práva – Právnická fakulta
Kontaktní osoba: Mgr. Věra Redrupová, B.A.
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Katedra mezinárodního a evropského práva – Právnická fakulta

Rozvrh seminárních/paralelních skupin

MVV104K/01: Út 10. 3. 15:05–16:35 020, 16:40–18:10 020, St 11. 3. 13:30–15:00 020, 15:05–16:35 020, Čt 12. 3. 9:35–11:05 020, 11:10–12:40 020
MVV104K/02: Rozvrh nebyl do ISu vložen.

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Mateřské obory/plány

• Právo (program PrF, M-PPV)

Cíle předmětu

The EBOLA epidemic in West Africa is currently testing all of the international legal structures that are supposed to control and to stop such deadly developments. It is also testing every domestic legal resource that countries have to deal with individuals—resident citizens, immigrants, travelers, health care workers, among others—who are showing up at the borders of countries around the world and who may be unwitting transmitters of the disease. This includes airports, seaports, and other stations of entry. In a most unusual development, the Czech Republic was threatened with the spread of EBOLA in an attempt to blackmail one million Euros in Bitcoin currency from the country, as reported in the New Zealand Herald on October 28, 2014. The Interior Ministry and the Chief Hygiene Officer of the Health Ministry, Jiri Valenta, as well as the Office of the Czech Police, were all involved in dealing with the resolution of this menace.
This course will provide the students with an emersion into the legal structures with which governmental entities and civil society organizations seek to address this naturally-occurring threat to the human population. It will also, of necessity, include a review of the threats posed by the intentional use of pathogens as agents of extortion or bioterrorism. The CBRN categories, i.e., threats posed by intentional use of chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear deployments--whether launched domestically and/or internationally--will also be covered, as time permits. A major emphasis of the course will be to expose students to international news and events pertinent to the subjects being emphasized in class. For example, students will be immersed in the public health scenarios which constitute emergencies for which legal authority to act is essential.
This year the World Health Organization (WHO) was urged by its Member States to declare EBOLA a “public health emergency of international concern” pursuant to the provisions of the International Health Regulations (IHR 2005). The actions taken by the WHO and the health ministries of the West African countries affected by the Ebola epidemic will be a major emphasis in the course this Spring Semester 2015. Another series of events—launched internationally on February 13, 2014 entitled “The Agenda for Global Health Security” -- will also be explored for relevance to the Ebola epidemic. A guest speaker may be invited to brief the class on the view of these actions of the WHO from the EU perspective. If possible, and if practicable, students will also be introduced to a student taking the same course at the John Marshall Law School in Chicago. They would do this via Skype. The objective would seek to have the students meet each other, discuss a subject of import in both classes; and, then to prepare a ppt presentation regarding what they have learned. Students will be introduced to the legal issues via a variety of teaching mechanisms including case studies, tabletop exercises, and videos, among other instruments as pertinent to the topic. Reference works and resources used in the course are websites and other Internet-based learning mechanisms and communication technologies. There is no textbook for this material, however: ALL STUDENTS WILL BE REQUIRED TO HAVE ACCESS TO A COMPUTER DURING EACH CLASS SESSION FOR SWIFT ACCESS TO INTERNET SITES TO PROVIDE QUICK RESPONSES TO PENDING ISSUES. TYPICALLY THIS REQUIRES THAT THE COURSE BE LOCATED IN THE COMPUTER LAB.

Osnova

• The internationalization of the human condition will be emphasized in the seminar. Emerging topics of international public health concern (in addition to domestic public health legal issues—see postings associated with this course) will be explored at the beginning of each class session.

Literatura

• The Internet is the source of the study materials for this course; in rare instances, hard copies of articles of interest will be supplied to the students during the course, as pertinent.

Výukové metody

Public Health Preparedness and Emergency Legislation is a swiftly moving landscape. As a result, there is no single book to use as a resource. Readings on the Internet sites applicable to the CBRN threats emphasized in class, as will be powerpoint presentations, case studies, tabletop exercises, films, internet videos, YouTube videos, etc., as pertinent to the topic.

Metody hodnocení

Grades will be based upon the following factors:
Fifty percent (50%) of the grade will be based upon: Class attendance and participation; class-reporting on geographical website(s) selected to be monitored; and, responsibility for coverage of ”hot” topics which may be assigned in the class sessions.
Fifty percent (50%) of the grade will be based upon: The 3-5 page report of the topic each student has selected during the class sessions, as well as a short in-class PowerPoint presentation, based upon that same topic (note: the topic for which must be approved in advance by the instructor).

Vyučovací jazyk

Angličtina

Informace učitele

Ms. Munson is an adjunct instructor at the John Marshall Law School in Chicago. She teaches “Public Health Emergency Law: Domestic and International” at both the John Marshall Law School (JMLS) in Chicago and here at Masaryk University Faculty of Law (MUFL) in Brno, Czech Republic. She has taught Public Health Law at a variety of institutions of higher learning e.g., Benedictine University in Lisle, Illinois, and continues to lecture annually in the University of Illinois at Champaign/Urbana College of Veterinary Medicine, and the Loyola University College of Medicine in Chicago. She has also lectured remotely via Global Campus technology at the University of Iowa with the WHO and at a medical/legal conference in Prague. Ms. Munson was a speaker on Public Health Law at the European Law Student Association (ELSA) summer session in Brno, 2011.
After concluding a three-year appointment as Senior Consultant to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Public Health Law Program ending in 2005, Ms. Munson has concentrated on public health law in the international arena. In addition to her teaching duties at the JMLS and MUFL in Brno, Czech Republic, she has also lectured on public health legal issues at VSE (Economics University), Charles University, and the Czech Bar Association in Prague. She is a frequent presenter on international public health law topics to domestic law school classes and school of public health audiences. In addition, she engages in activities in the city of Chicago of international reach, e.g. she is an active member of the President’s Circle of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs where she most recently moderated a panel on the topic of EBOLA; she was a long-time member of the National Strategy Forum, now a part of the CCGA, and serves as Co-Chair of the Prague Committee of the World Business Chicago/Chicago Sister Cities International program out of the Mayor of Chicago’s office. Ms. Munson has also planned and co-hosted three public health emergency preparedness workshops in the Czech Republic. She travels with the JMLS delegation of American lawyers to the Czech Republic each October and participated in the PHLawFlu Project Conference “Pandemic Influenza Preparedness in Europe: Are National Public Health Laws “Fit for Purpose?” in September 22-23, 2010 at the European Parliament in Brussels.

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