Human Rights and Access to Medicine Short Course, University of Pretoria
Course Syllabus
Assigned Readings - First Day
- Drahos - The Universality of Intellectual Property Rights
- Paris Convention excerpts
- WIPO, The Paris Convention in Ch. 5, International Treaties and Conventions on Intellectual Property
- TRIPS Agreement excerpts
- WTO Fact Sheet, TRIPS and Pharmaceutical Patentss
- UNCTAD -- Patents: Subject Matter and Patentability Requirements
- UNCTAD - Patents: Non-discrimination
- UNCTAD - Patents: Rights Conferred and Exceptions
- Canada – Patent Protection of Pharmaceutical Products, WTO Panel Decision
- WTO, FAQ: Compulsory licensing of pharmaceuticals and TRIPS
- UNCTAD - Exhaustion of Rights
Assigned Readings - Second Day
- T'Hoen - TRIPS, Pharmaceutical Patents, and Access to Essential Medicines: A Long Way from Seattle to Doha
- Brazil Timeline
- South Africa Timeline
- Doha Declaration on TRIPS and Public Health
- Correa - Implications of the Doha Declaration
- Sell - TRIPS and the Access to Medicines Campaign
- Berger - Litigation Strategies to Gain Access to Treatment for HIV/AIDS: The Case of South Africa's Treatment Access Campaign
- Flynn - Legal Strategies for Expanding Access to Medicines
Assigned Readings - Third Day
- Parkin - Microeconomics
- Flynn, Hollis & Palmedo - Economic Justifications for Open Access to Essential Medicine Patents in Developing Countries
- Flynn - Using Competition Law to Promote Access to Medicines
- Berger & Prabhala - Assessing the Impact of TRIPS-Plus Patent Rules in the Proposed US-SACU Free Trade Agreement
- MSF, et. al. - Conference Report: Implementation of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health - How to Get it Right
- August 30 Decision
- Lettington & Munyi - Willingness and Ability to Use TRIPS Flexibilities: Kenya Case Study
- Musungu & Oh - The Use of Flexibilities in TRIPS by Developing Countries: Can They Promote Access to Medicines? WHO
Assigned Readings - Fourth Day
- General Comment 14
- General Comment 17
- Love - Renumeration Guidelines for Non-Voluntary Use of a Patent on Medical Technologies
- Pogge - Human Rights and Global Health
- Love & Hubbard - The Big Idea: Prizes to Stimulate R&D for New Medicines
- S. 2210 - Medical Innovation Prize Act of 2007
Assigned Readings - Fifth Day
- UNCESCR statement on Impact of TRIPS and Human Rights
- Chapman - A "Violations Approach" for Monitoring the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- TAC v. Minister of Health
- Yamin - Not Just a Tragedy: Access to Medications as a Right Under International Law
