Human rights and the WTO : the case of patents and access to medicines / by Holger Hestermeyer.
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TextSeries: International economic law seriesPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.Description: xxxvi, 369 pages ; 25 cmISBN: - 9780199552177
- 0199552177
- World Trade Organization
- World Trade Organization
- Patents (International law)
- Human rights -- Economic aspects
- Human rights -- Health aspects
- Right to health
- International trade -- Social aspects
- Drugs -- Prices
- Drugs -- Prices
- Human rights -- Economic aspects
- Human rights -- Health aspects
- International trade -- Social aspects
- Patents (International law)
- Right to health
- 346.0486 22
- K3240 .H47
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| K3240 .H39 2018 (Vol. 2) Human rights and the environment : | K3240 .H39 2018 (Vol. 3) Human rights and the environment : | K3240 .H39 2018 (Vol. 4) Human rights and the environment : | K3240 .h47 Human rights and the WTO : | k3240 .H49 50 libertés et droits fondamentaux / | k3240 .H49 50 libertés et droits fondamentaux / | K3240 .H51 Traité de Droit international des droits de l'homme / |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-360) and index.
Background of the debate -- Patent law -- Access to medicine as a human right -- Conflict between patents and access to medicine -- Access to medicine as a human right in the WTO order.
This book examines one of the most controversial aspects of the world trading system: patents and access to medication, and offers approaches to tackle the issue of how to better accommodate human rights in the trading system.
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