Every country around the globe was thrown into panic in December, 2019
when the pandemic disease of corona-virus broke out in China. This disease
gradually spread from China to other parts of the world accounting for the
loss of several lives and critical sickness of persons. Irrespective of different
measures put in place by the government of various countries, the disease
meticulously found a way to transmit itself into these countries wrecking
irreparable havoc to affected nations and the global economy. Majority of
human rights activists have since condemned the government of the Republic
of China for not containing the virus when it broke out and as such, should
be held responsible under existing international laws.
This paper examines and analyzes the outbreak of the virus in China, the
Chinese legal system as regards international law, possible liabilities that
may arise from breach of international instruments, the practicability of
bringing the Chinese republic before international courts and possible
solutions which may serve as a better framework to avoid the occurrence of
such international legal crisis in future.