The Limits of Relying on Science to Regulate Global Risks

The Limits of Relying on Science to Regulate Global Risks

Global Affairs Academy
Jun 21, 2026

An address to the Ninth Annual Cambridge International Law (CILJ) Conference in April 2020, in Panel 7: Regulating Risks to Health and Safety—Scientific and Technical Paradigms in International Law, by Margherita Melillo, Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for Procedural law, and Ph.D. Candidate, European University Institute