Solveig Wallyn, Eva Benelli, Alessandra Craus, Alberto d'Onofrio, Mitra Saadatian-Elahi

This issue of the ASSET paper series - Epidemics and Pandemics: The responce of Society discusses is dedicated to the discussion on “Democracy and human rights under Public Health Emergency (PHE) threat”.
Specifically Dr Solveig Wallyn from the Welzijn, Volksgezondheid en Gezin, Belgium discusses the role of Democracy and human rights in a Public Health Emergency (PHE). Ethics in influenza pandemic planning is discussed by Eva Benelli & Alessandra Craus, from Zadig. Finally, Open and Responsible Research and Innovation in Pandemics is presented by By Alberto d’Onofrio and Mitra Saadatian-Elahi from Lyonbiopole.