An international law perspective on the protection of human rights in the TRIPS Agreement : an Interpretation of the TRIPS Agreement in Relation to the Right to Health.

B. Use of Limitation and Derogation Language in TRIPS.

Preliminary Material -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The International Human Rights Context -- 3. Conflict or Coexistence between Human Rights Norms and TRIPS -- 4. Rules of Interpretation of Public International Law -- 5. Examination of TRIPS in Light of the Interpretive Analyses -- 6. Application of Human Rights Norms -- 7. Impacts on TRIPS-Plus in FTAs -- 8. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

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This book offers an analysis of the interpretation of the WTO TRIPS Agreement and its impact on the right to health. It furthers understanding of WTO jurisprudence and researches the topic in a broad framework of international law. It examines the extent to which the patent protections in the TRIPS Agreement are consistent with the right to health, and in particular with access to medicine. It helps to underpin an understanding of the relationship between human rights law and intellectual property law – specifically between the right to health and patent protection. It usefully analyses the relationship between TRIPS and the right to health and develops an understanding of interpretive techniques for use within WTO dispute settlement.

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