Title The right to food and the TRIPS agreement : with a particular emphasis on developing countries' measures for food production and distribution / by Hans Morten Haugen

Published Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 506 pages) Series The Raoul Wallenberg Institute human rights library ; v. 30 Raoul Wallenberg Institute human rights library ; v. 30. Contents Table of Contents; Preface; Part I: Treaties Relating to Food and Protection of Biotechnology; 1 Introduction; 2 Food, Biotechnology and Intellectual Property; 3 Methodology: Principles and Sources under International Law; Part II: Relevant Provisions from the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; 4 Specifying the Nature of the Obligations and the Approach for Understanding Economic, Social and Cultural Human Rights; 5 The Right to Food as Recognized in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Summary Analyses relationships between patent rights and human rights, focusing on the right to food. This book, using different techniques of assessing treaty conflict, analyses whether the TRIPS Agreement and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights actually conflict Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-502) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Right to food -- Developing countries Food relief -- Law and legislation -- Developing countries Food supply -- Law and legislation -- Developing countries Agricultural biotechnology -- Law and legislation. Plant varieties -- Patents -- Government policy LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice. Agricultural biotechnology -- Law and legislation Food relief -- Law and legislation Food supply -- Law and legislation Plant varieties Right to food International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (New York, 16 December 1966). Right to food. Intellectual property. International trade. World Trade Organization. TRIPS Agreement (Marrakesh, 15 April 1994). Developing countries Form Electronic book LC no. 2007039874 ISBN 9789047422150 9047422155 1282397583 9781282397583 9786612397585 6612397586

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