THE PANDEMIC EFFECT ON THE EXECUTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC CONTRACT

The Study includes (France, Italy, Germany, Spain, England, Netherlands, Sweden, Egypt, India, and International law)

Abstract

Confirmed cases of COVID 19 have soared over 118000 worldwide with fatalities crossing the threshold of 4291, which has led the World Health Organisation (“WHO”) to upgrade the COVID 19 outbreak from a “public health emergency of international concern” to a “pandemic” (the “Pandemic”) on 11 March 2020. Different industries have been hard hit by the aggressive measures imposed by the authorities worldwide, and working from home is not an option for labour, except for certain activities. These measures have disrupted many businesses, supply chains, operations, and different contractual relationships. Therefore, there are many voices calling for the necessity of declaring this epidemic as a “Force Majeure”. Therefore, it became necessary to clarify the effect of the pandemic on the execution of the international administrative contract? Is it considered a force Majeure? And the rights and the obligations of each party during the period of a pandemic? KEYWORDS: Public International Law, Crises Force Majeure, Pandemic, Public Law.