nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20200416-092144-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 200416s2020||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20200416-092144-0 doi eng 342 23 Velasco-Ibarra, Eugenio Author aut Mexico: Emergency Powers and COVID-19 Velasco-Ibarra, Eugenio Verfassungsblog 2020-04-16 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier As of April 5th, the Federal Health Ministry reported 2,143 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Mexico. International experience suggests that the country is at the cusp of confronting the full effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. This post provides a description of the constitutional and statutory regulation of emergency powers and a brief commentary on the government’s actions thus far. It starts by offering an account of the constitutional provision of emergency powers, noting from the outset a disinclination to the prospect or desirability of their application. Then, it describes the emergency powers to confront a health crisis contained in statutory form. Finally, it evaluates the government’s response to the pandemic. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Coronavirus COVID 19 emergency powers Mexico Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/mexico-emergency-powers-and-covid-19/ raw object