COMPULSORY LICENSING MECHANISM UNDER INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL LAW

traditional knowledge protection under national and international law

the aim of this article is. evaluation of traditional knowledge (tk) protection possibility and ways under national legal system potentials in this direction, case laws,- which conventions and inter national treaties are very important party of them - provide proper capacity to protect this knowledge. among them convention of biological diversity (cbd) and convention on desertification have nec...

Combating Illegal Organ Transplantation Under International Human Rights Law

Despite the fact that the concepts of organ transplantation and organ trafficking seem two completely distinct categories at first glance, sometimes they overlap with each other. This is especially in cases in which organ transplantation occurs from one country to another and for a financial exchange. There are two general indicators for determining the distinction between organ transplantation...

Finding flaws: the limitations of compulsory licensing for improving access to medicines--an international comparison.

Could international compulsory licensing reconcile tiered pricing of pharmaceuticals with the right to health?

BACKGROUND The heads of the Global Fund and the GAVI Alliance have recently promoted the idea of an international tiered pricing framework for medicines, despite objections from civil society groups who fear that this would reduce the leeway for compulsory licenses and generic competition. This paper explores the extent to which an international tiered pricing framework and the present leeway f...

Compulsory Licensing and Access to Medicine in Developing Countries