Force Majeure under the ILC Draft Articles on State Responsibility: Assessing its Viability Against COVID-19 Claims
Introduction

Introduction
Introduction
Unprecedented Pandemic and Splintered Global Response
With 182 countries reporting 6,663,304 confirmed cases with 392,802 deaths (as of Jun. 6, 2020) and activating various national emergency measures, the outbreak of novel coronavirus in 2020 stands to be recorded as the worst global health disaster in recent history.
I. Introduction