Publication Topic : Access to Medicines

Delivering on the Pledge: Global Access to Medicines, WTO Rules, and Reforming Canada’s Law on Compulsory Licensing for Export – McGill International Journal of Sustainable Development Law & Policy

This article — published in the McGill International Journal of Sustainable Development Law & Policy, Volume 3, Issue 1 — outlines the relevance of WTO rules on intellectual property to the global inequity in access to medicines and reviews key developments at the WTO underlying such legislation. It discusses the key features, positive and negative, … Read more

Обзор политики и права в области ВИЧ/СПИДа 12(2/3) декабрь 2007

СТАТЬИ Заразное законодательство: Распространение новых проблемных законов о ВИ Ч в Западной Африке Суды по делам о наркотиках: Обзор на базе данных Применение мягкого права в отношении ВИ Ч/СПИ Да в Юго-Восточной Азии РАЗВИТИЕ СИТУАЦИИ В КАНАДЕ Пункт контролируемого инъекционного потребления наркотиков получил еще одно временное разрешение на продолжение своей деятельности; начато судебное дело Первое … Read more

Legal Network News 29 – January 2008

FEATURES Women’s rights consultation in Johannesburg Going global: AIDS law portal project lifts off MOVING ON Leon Mar KUDOS Thomas Kerr MEDIA SCAN IN BRIEF Human rights guidelines for pharmaceutical companies Legal Network supports Caribbean activist coalition World Bank conference in Uzbekistan Communicating harm reduction Counterfeit drug strategy? NEW THIS QUARTER

HIV/AIDS Policy and Law Review 12(2/3) December 2007

FEATURES Legislation contagion: the spread of problematic new HIV laws in Western Africa Drug treatment courts in Canada: an evidence-based review Use of soft law to address HIV/AIDS in Southeast Asia CANADIAN DEVELOPMENTS Supervised injection facility granted another temporary extension; legal action launched First test of WTO mechanism for procuring generic medicines under compulsory licence, … Read more

Letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper re: Demonstrating Canada’s commitment to achieving universal access to HIV prevention, care and treatment by 2010

“As international development, humanitarian, AIDS service, trade union, faith-based and human rights organizations, joined together under the aegis of the Global Treatment Access Group (GTAG), we encourage you to show Canada’s commitment to address the global HIV/AIDS crisis by announcing renewed funding for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) on World … Read more

Права человека и ВИЧ/СПИД: Сейчас более, чем когда-либо

На заседании Генеральной Ассамблеи ООН по ВИЧ/СПИДу в 2006 году лидеры стран мира еще раз подтвердили, что «полная реализация всех прав человека и основных свобод для всех является важнейшим компонентом глобальных ответных мер по борьбе с пандемией СПИДа». Однако даже сейчас, через 25 лет после начала эпидемии СПИДа, этот «важнейший компонент» остается незаполненным пробелом в … Read more

Los Derechos Humanos y el VIH/SIDA: Ahora Más que Nunca

En la Reunión de Alto Nivel de las Naciones Unidas sobre VIH/SIDA, celebrada en el 2006, los líderes mundiales reafirmaron que “la plena realización de todos los derechos humanos y libertades fundamentales para todos es un elemento fundamental de la respuesta mundial a la pandemia del VIH/SIDA”. Sin embargo, luego de 25 años de la … Read more

Legal Network News 28 – October 2007

FEATURES Rwanda first to use Canada’s Access to Medicines Regime to buy affordable AIDS drug Executive Director changeover False start – West Africa and the flawed model law on HIV PROFILES New faces at the Legal Network MEDIA SCAN IN BRIEF New board members Ottawa cancels safe crack kits program Law reform in Central Asia … Read more

Human Rights and HIV/AIDS: Now More Than Ever

At the United Nations’ 2006 High Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS, world leaders reaffirmed that “the full realization of all human rights and fundamental freedoms for all is an essential element in the global response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic.” Yet, 25 years into the AIDS epidemic, this “essential element” remains the missing piece in the fight … Read more

Access to Medicines and Intellectual Property: An International Expert Meeting on Canada’s Access to Medicines Regime, Global Developments, and New Strategies for Improving Access

From 19 – 21 April 2007, in Ottawa, Canada, the North-South Institute and the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network jointly organized an international expert meeting to discuss Canada’s Access to Medicines Regime, broader global developments related to intellectual property (IP) and access to medicines, and alternative approaches for addressing the global deficit in both research into … Read more