01/07/2016 BY CATHERINE SAEZ, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY WATCH 3 COMMENTS
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A resolution on access to medicines proposed by a number of developing countries was adopted today by the United Nations Human Rights Council, as well as a resolution on enhancing capacity-building in public health. This marks yet another United Nations fora in which developing countries seek to raise the issue of access to medicines, particularly with regard to high prices.
UN Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva
The 32nd session of the Human Rights Council took place from 13 June – 1 July.
Brazil, China, Egypt, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Paraguay, Peru, Senegal, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Thailand, and Turkey presented a resolution on access to medicines in the context of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health.
The draft resolution said that “for millions of people throughout the world, the full and equal enjoyment… Leer más...
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