Duties and Authorities of the Government in the Face of Widespread Disease Outbreaks; A Case Study of Corona Disease.

Subject Areas : Political and International Researches Quarterly

Mostafa  Rajabi Bagherabad ¹ (Ph.D student, Department of Law and Jurisprudence, Yadegar-e-Imam Khomeini (RAH) Shahre Rey Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran)
Zohreh  Nikfarjam ² (Assistant Professor, Department of Law and Jurisprudence , Yadegar-e-Imam Khomeini (RAH) Shahre Rey Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran (Corresponding Authorʹs))
tahmures  shiri ³ (Associate Professor, Department of Sociology , Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran)

Received: 2022-10-16 Accepted : 2023-02-27 Published : 2023-11-22

Keywords: Coronavirus, spread of widespread diseases, duties and powers of the government, responsibility of the government,

Abstract :

It is clear that the spread of infectious diseases causes crises and emergencies in many cases, and the government, considering that it has the broadest duties and powers in the face of a pandemic, the violation of which will result in all kinds of responsibilities of the government. Therefore the purpose of this research is to study the duties of the government, especially in the recent covid-19 pandemic, which was done with a descriptive and analytical method. According to international covenants and principles of the constitution, the health of the society should be responsible for the management of the crisis conditions caused by the pandemic, and in case of non-commitment to the duty, it brings all kinds of responsibilities of the government. It can also be defined as preventive measures, treatment measures and pandemic control, as well as support measures, especially for vulnerable groups, including the duties of the government.