The United Nations Resolutions,, inter alia,, reaffirms, the fundamental role of the United Nations system in coordinating the global response to control and contain the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and in supporting Member States, and in this regard acknowledges the crucial leading role played by the World Health Organization. (72/274) Additionally the resolutions recognize that the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and other…
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With a desire to improve human health, the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures obligates Members to ensure their SPS measures do not arbitrarily or unjustifiably discriminate between members where similar conditions prevail, including between their own territory and that of other Members. SPS measures include laws, decrees, regulations, requirements, and…
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The Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement provides standards for copyright, trademarks, geographical indicators, industrial designs, patents, integrated circuits, and undisclosed information. The TRIPS Agreement promotes effective and adequate protection of intellectual property rights, ensuring that the intellectual property rights themselves do not become a…
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Type: Instruments
Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (2021),
Type: Reports
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities obligates Member States to take all appropriate measures to ensure that persons with disabilities have the right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health without discrimination on the basis of disability.
Type: Instruments
The Tampere Convention on the Provision of Telecommunication Resources for Disaster Mitigation and Relief Operations entered into force in 2005, and obligates Member States to cooperate with other Member States and non-State members to facilitate the use of telecommunication resources for such events as natural and health hazards. Health Hazards are defined in herein as "a sudden outbreak of…
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Report of the Member States Working Group on Strengthening WHO Preparedness and Response to Health Emergencies to the special session of the World Health Assembly, Report by the Director-General November 23, 2021
Type: Reports
, Facilitating Access to Cross-Border Supplies of Patented Pharmaceuticals: The Case of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Frederick M. Abbott & Jerome H. Reichman Journal of International Economic Law (Oxford), Volume 23, Issue 3, pp. 535-561, Sept. 2020 Also available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3656725,
Type: Article
An International Legal Framework for the Sharing of Pathogens: Issues and Challenges Frederick M. Abbott ICTSD Programme on IPRs and Sustainable Development, No. 30, October 2010
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