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COVID-19 & the Law: International and Multinational

International Organizations

Travel restrictions

International travel restrictions

Country by country entry restrictions, entry requirements, quarantine requirements, transiting rules and other information. Includes some links to government websites.

Other resources

 

  • Coronavirus Government Response Tracker. The Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker (OxCGRT) systematically collects information on several different common policy responses that governments have taken to respond to the pandemic on 18 indicators such as school closures and travel restrictions.
  • COVID-19 and the world of work - Country policy responses - International Labour Organization
  • COVID-19 Civic Freedom Tracker. Monitors government responses that affect civic freedoms and human rights.
  • COVID-19 Law Lab. Gathers and shares legal documents from over 190 countries across the world to help states establish and implement strong legal frameworks to manage the pandemic. A joint project of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the World Health Organization (WHO), the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University. 
  • Global Responses to COVID-19 section. Part of U of Minnesota Law Library’s COVID-19 Research & Information Resources. Includes selective news and blog sources that discuss guidance/reports of international organizations.
  • Lex-Atlas: Covid-19 (LAC19) project. Provides a scholarly report and analysis of national legal responses to Covid-19 around the world. There are nearly 200 jurists participating in the LAC19 network and who have contributed to writing national country reports. 

  • Oxford Compendium of National Legal Responses to Covid-19. A global academic collaboration mapping legal responses to Covid-19 in dozens of participating countries and territories. Explores the role of public law, institutional adaptation, public health measures, social and labour policy, and human rights measures introduced or applied as a response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Individual entries cover the following subjects:

  • Constitutional Framework (e.g., executive, legislative, division of powers)
  • Applicable Legal Framework (e.g., constitutional, statutory, exec rule-making)
  • Institutions and Oversight (e.g., legislatures, courts, press, scientific advice)
  • Public Health Measures Imposed (e.g., quarantine, lockdown, travel, PPE)
  • Social and Economic Measures Adopted (e.g. social security, labour, business)
  • Human Rights and Vulnerable Groups (e.g. privacy, race, gender, migrants)