Patents, prohibitive costs
Involved in registering and maintaining of

Type of entry: Potential Violation

Broader Terms:

Other Related Terms (keywords):

  • Intellectual property rights (IPR)
  • Patents

See ESC right:

Moral and material interests, protection of

Relevant ICESCR Articles:

15(1)(c): 1. The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize the right of everyone:
(c) To benefit from the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author.

Related Documents:

Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; "Protocol of San Salvador"

African [Banjul] Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights

Convention on the Rights of the Child

International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

Universal Declaration of Human Rights


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