The world is witnessing COVID-19 pandemic. The current crisis has several repercussions, across society. There have been strong restrictions imposed by various countries: from general health advisories to quarantines and isolations, to curbing the trans-border movement of people. In a few countries, an emergency has been declared and the government has assumed exceptional powers. Under such circumstances, it is pertinent to look into the issues like obligations, authority, and procedures for dealing with such situations under International Law. Have the current governments in all countries complied with it? What role has International Law played through its institutions especially the role of the World Health Organization (WHO). WHO has come under severe criticism from various countries for its ineffective and seemingly biased role so far in dealing with the pandemic. It needs to be seen that under International Law what best WHO could have done. The International Health Regulations (IMR) is the legal instrument for laying the rules in a pandemic. How has the IMR been adopted by various governments, needs to be evaluated. The paper attempts to address these questions and then evaluates them against other regimes under International Law like human rights, peace and security law, and the law of finance. The paper concludes by answering these queries based on current empirical data and descriptive research analysis
