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Human Rights and Humanitarian Law: Human Rights and Intellectual Property Law

The Raoul Wallenberg Institute's Guide to Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

HUMAN RIGHTS OF AN AUTHOR

CESCR General Comment No. 17
The right of everyone to benefit from the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author (art. 15 (1) (c) CESCR)
UNESCO Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity
2001

RIGHT TO CULTURAL PARTICIPATION AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION

CESCR General Comment No. 21
Right of everyone to take part in cultural life (art. 15, para. 1 (a) CESCR)
Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression A/HRC/17/27
2011, on access to internet
UNESCO Recommendation on Participation by the People at Large in Cultural Life
1976

RIGHT TO EDUCATION

CESCR General Comment No. 13
Right to education (art. 13 CESCR)
CESCR General Comment No. 11
Plans of action for primary education (art. 14 CESCR)
UNESCO Convention against Discrimination in Education
1962
UNESCO: Human Rights Based Approach to Education for All
2007
Draft Treaty to Access to Knowledge
Budapest Open Access Initiative

ACCESS TO MEDICINES

CESCR General Comment No. 14
The right to the highest attainable standard of health (art. 12 CESCR)
CRC General Comment No. 3
HIV/AIDS and the Rights of the Child
UN Declaration on Commitment to HIV/AIDS
2001
Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right of Everyone to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health A/61/338
2006
Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right of Everyone to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health A/63/263
2008, discussing the human rights responsibilities of pharmaceutical companies in relation to access to
medicines
Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right of Everyone to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health A/HRC/11/12
2009
ACHPR Resolution on Access to Health and Needed Medicines in Africa
2008
UNGA Resolution: Access to Medicines in the Context of Pandemics such as HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
2003
WTO Doha Declaration on the TRIPS agreement and Public Health
2001
World Health Assembly Resolution: Global Strategy and Plan of Action on Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property
2013
UNESCO Venice Statement on the Right to Enjoy Scientific Progress and its Applications
2009

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