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Medicines and Medical Devices Bill

Moved by

Baroness Sheehan

10: Clause 1, page 1, line 17, at end insert—

“(d) the importance of prioritising the protection of human rights including citizens’ right to access medicines as part of the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health as stated in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of 1966;

(e) the public health safeguards within the World Trade Organization’s Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights which include but are not limited to the right to grant compulsory licences and the freedom to determine the grounds upon which licences are granted.”

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
809 c683 
Session
2019-21
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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