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Refusal to waive IP rights for COVID-19 vaccines violates human rights: Experts
By UN News
Aug 31, 2023 2:23 pm

UN rights experts called on States in the global North on Thursday to forgo intellectual property rights on COVID-19 vaccines and treatments in the name of human rights.

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.

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