UDHR and its Drafting History of the Right to Science and Culture UDHR was built on the ashes of wars.[1] Drafters of UDHR were trying “to repair damage of war, and to help construct the foundation of a just peace”.[2] This historical root has a connection with the right to science and culture, albeit weaker …
IP has a short history for some attributes of which to be recognised as human rights. IP and human rights have different normative foundations and have developed in isolation. In the last few years, however, a great deal of literatures has discussed IP in terms of human rights. The intersection between HRs and IPRs can …
A number of international, regional and national laws recognize the right to science and culture as human rights. Most important are: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR); and the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). Both Article 27 of UDHR and Article 15 of ICESCR contain the right to science and …