International law-making takes various forms. The UN General Assembly has a general mandate for new law-making, but it has not engaged in major treaty making for some time. The International Law Commission (ILC), charged with codification and progressive development of international law, has not in recent years dealt with topics that are relevant to the pressing need of the international community as a whole. In such an environment, it is remarkable that the Institut de Droit International (IDI), the 19th century type of an old institute, has embarked on the law-making activity on the critical issue of prevention and control of epidemics with the unusual sense of urgency, adopting in August 2021 a Resolution composed of 17 Draft Articles and Preamble. It is hoped that a comprehensive framework convention on epidemics will be elaborated on the basis of this Resolution in the near future.

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疫情防控的国际立法

国际立法有多种形式。联合国大会拥有制定新法律的一般授权，但一段时间以来没有参与制定重大条约。国际法委员会（国际劳工大会)，负责国际法的编纂和逐渐发展，近年来没有处理与整个国际社会的迫切需要相关的主题。在这样的环境下，国际法学会 (Institut de Droit International (IDI)，这个 19 世纪类型的老机构，以异常紧迫的心情开展了关于预防和控制流行病这一关键问题的立法活动，并于 2021 年 8 月通过了一项由 17 条草案和序言组成的决议。希望在不久的将来，以该决议为基础，制定出一个全面的流行病框架公约。