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

adminAugust 31, 2023September 16, 202405 mins

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…

USA: Sanctions against individuals abroad violates due process rights

adminMarch 9, 2023September 10, 202404 mins

UN Special Rapporteur Alena Douhan said the practice raises concerns about rights violations, including the right to due process, as enshrined under a decades-old international treaty. Longstanding practice “The United States has for years been imposing sanctions on individuals and entities without national criminal jurisdiction and in the absence of universal jurisdiction,” she said. …