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Visiting Associate Professor Ayelet Berman

Lead, Law and Governance

Ayelet Berman is Associate Professor (Honorary Visiting) at the NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health and the Lead of the Law & Governance Program at the Asia Centre for Health Security. She also leads the Global Health Law & Governance Program at the NUS Centre for International Law (CIL). Dr. Berman is an international lawyer, and her work focuses on the law and governance aspects of global health and biosecurity. Her expertise also includes global governance, international trade law, and international investment law.

Law has a critical role in public health, global health and biosecurity. Legal and regulatory frameworks can enable, facilitate, or undermine the prevention, preparation, and response to health or biosecurity emergencies. Also, since infectious diseases do not respect borders, regional and international collaboration and agreements are needed. Emerging technologies, such as AI, add to the complexity of many issues. Dr. Berman contributes to this emerging field through engagement, collaborations, research, and teaching.

Selected publications

“Legal Frameworks for Outbreak Preparedness” in Dale Fischer (ed.) Infectious Disease Emergencies: Preparedness and Response (2024, NUS Press) (with Elyssa Liu and Dena Kirpalani) (forthcoming)

Third Party Intervention to the European Court of Human Rights by Dr. Ayelet Berman and Dr. Marija Jovanovic in the case of Vesna Pešić and Others v Serbia (2023); (Case concerning limitations on movement of elderly during the Covid-19 pandemic)

Ayelet Berman, Equitable Access Contracts: Building Blocks of a Future Global Vaccine Strategy, EJIL: Talk! (21 December 2022)

Negotiating Text of the WHO Pandemic Agreement – Commentary by Ayelet Berman and Kriti Sharma, 23 October 2023.

The 2023 UNGA High-Level Meeting Political Declaration on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response: Emerging Principles of a Post-Covid-19 Global Health System , with Kriti Sharma.

White Paper: One Health, International Law Association (ILA) 150th Anniversary, 2023 (with Hélène De Pooter, Gian Luca Burci and others)

Investment Treaties and the Rule of Law Promise: The Internalization of International Commitments in Asia (ed. with Jansen Calamita) (Cambridge University Press, 2022)

Rethinking Participation in Global Governance: Voice and Influence after Stakeholder Reforms in Global Finance and Health (ed. with Joost Pauwelyn, Tim Buthe and Martino Maggetti) (Oxford University Press, 2022)