Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 PH.D. Candidate. Department of Private Law. Faculty of Law. South Tehran Branch. Islamic Azad University
2 Assistant Professor of Law, Islamic Azad University, South Tehran Branch
Abstract
The death and unemployment of millions of people due to the pandemic spread of Coronavirus highlighted the issue of states civil liability in controlling and preventing the virus spread. The vaccine discovery and vaccinating measurements of some states in a timely and complete manner, which led to the control of virus and decreased the numbers of deceased, raised the issue of government's obligation to effectively vaccinate the people and compensate for the material and spiritual losses caused by such default. In this Article, besides numerous legal documents, the procedure to ascertain the causative relationship between the states civil liability and the scope of the government civil liability for non- vaccination of the people against Covid-19 as an omission are examined. Through studying the rules and features of civil liability in Iranian and British law, it is concluded that, in a general sense and considering the exclusive capabilities and authorities allocated to the states by the constitution and other laws for the purpose of protecting citizens' health, state has civil liability for the people’s damages in this respect.
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