Refusal to waive IP rights for COVID-19 vaccines violates human rights: Experts

Refusal to waive IP rights for COVID-19 vaccines violates human rights: Experts

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) adopted a decision under its “early warning and urgent action” procedures, stating that developed countries’ “persistent refusal” to waive COVID-19 vaccine IP rights – such as patents and trademarks – violated non-discrimination guarantees under international human rights law.  CERD is one of the UN’s human rights…

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Fear of life for the killers of Palestinians, Israeli soldiers, refusal to do duty

Fear of life for the killers of Palestinians, Israeli soldiers, refusal to do duty

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s new judicial reforms have become controversial: Photo: File Occupied Jerusalem: Israel, which oppresses innocent Palestinians, has become a victim of a serious internal crisis. According to a foreign news agency, Israel’s reserve soldiers announced the termination of service against the judicial amendments. 1,142 pilots and employees of the Israeli Air Force…

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