Limited Activists, unlimited activities; (Investigating the role and performance of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Confrontation with the global crisis of the Corona virus)

Subject Areas : International Legal Research

soheila yousefi ¹ , hassan soleimani ²

1 - PhD student in international law, Department of International Law, Damghan branch, Islamic azad university, Damghan, Iran. (Author). Email: [e-mail]
2 - Assistant professor of law, Department of International Law, Damghan branch, Islamic azad university, Damghan, Iran. Email: [e-mail]

Received: 2022-11-09 Accepted : 2023-05-28 Published : 2023-05-28

Keywords: : Non-governmental organizations, Principle of international cooperation, Principle of solidarity, Covid 19 epidemic, Global problems,

Abstract :

Field and Aims: international non-governmental organizations are among the active actors in various fields of international law in all world scenes, which have played useful and effective roles so far. During the outbreak of Covid-19, these organizations, relying on the international principle of cooperation among the members of the world community, despite having a guarantee of implementation and a binding institution, have important effects and many functions in the social, cultural, health, economic and even political fields. They have faced this epidemic and in convergence with other international actors. Examining the dimensions, functioning and influence of these international activists is a subject that has been analyzed in this research and is one of the goals of this research.Method: The present research was carried out with a descriptive-analytical method.Finding and Conclusion: Despite the lack of recognition and valuing of the role of international non-governmental organizations, these limited activists of the international arena have done unlimited activities to help solve global problems, including this epidemic, and it will not be exaggerated. If we consider its results to be praiseworthy. By entering the health, cultural, social and economic fields and influencing the procedures of governments and international organizations and reforming them in different ways, in the fields of preventing and controlling the epidemic of Covid-19 and reducing its harmful effects even in the post-corona period From identifying problems to consensus and exchanging opinions and implementing agreed plans, they are trying to save the world from this devastating disaster and somehow prove the benefits of their existence and presence and show off their abilities to the world community.

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