The doctrine of due diligence and the responsibility of states in the crisis caused by Covid-19
Abstract
Due diligence is one of the most recent sources of state obligations that we should value in the context in which we find ourselves, which already has several precedents in jurisprudence. In the present work, we analyze this doctrine in the context of the OVID-19 pandemic, using the main international treaties from which the possible responsibility of the States would derive by virtue of this doctrine and how it would materialize.
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