Commentary
The World Health Organization’s recent amendments to the International Health Regulations came into force worldwide in September 2025. As explained in the new report “Canada’s Surrender of Sovereignty,” these regulations grant the WHO more power in future public health emergencies.
Germany, Austria, Italy, and the United States are among the 11 countries which reject these International Health Regulations as unjustified violations of their sovereignty and democracy.
However, Canada and most other countries seem eager to submit to WHO authority when responding to a future public health emergency. If followed and applied, these regulations give the WHO director-general the sole authority to declare a “Pandemic Emergency,” which could trigger lockdowns, border closures, mask mandates, vaccine passports, digital health surveillance, and whatever other human rights violations that the WHO might design….