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Author Hein, Wolfgang, 1949-

Title Informal norms in global governance : human rights, intellectual property rules and access to medicines / Wolfgang Hein, Suerie Moon.

Publication Info. Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2013]
©2013

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 241 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Global health
Global health.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-229) and index.
Contents Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Foreword; Preface; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; (a) Formal and informal norms in the governance of a global society; (b) The emergence of the "access to medicines" norm; (c) Informal norms and human rights; (d) Overview of the book; 2 Towards a Global Society; (a) Globalization; (b) From international relations to global governance; (c) Transnational actors in global governance; (d) Post-Westphalian global health governance.
(E) Interfaces, nodal governance, and polylateral diplomacy: Elements of the social construction of global health governance (GHG)(f) Global society, global politics and human rights; 3 Access to Medicines: A Matter of Human Rights; (a) The right to health and to access to essential medicines; (b) Sources of formal and informal norms on access to medicines; (c) The UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health; 4 Access to Medicines and Intellectual Property; (a) Medicines and the global public goods problem; (b) Introducing the WTO; (c) Introduction to TRIPS-basic issues.
(D) TRIPS, TRIPS+ and the fight for social issues5 The HIV/AIDS Crisis: The Rise of the Access Norm; (a) A brief introduction to HIV/AIDS medicines; (b) AIDS treatment and IP rules in the developing world: The special role of Brazil; (c) A window of opportunity: The 1999-2001 "policy crisis"; (d) The Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health; (e) Early debates on disease scope: The WTO medicines (6) decision and the TRIPS amendment; (f) Improved access to medicines: Using TRIPS flexibilities; (g) The first developing country compulsory licenses: Zimbabwe and Malaysia.
(H) Thailand: Regularizing the use of compulsory licensing(i) Role and character of finance for treatment; (j) The rise of access to medicines: Timeline of decisions and increased use of compulsory licensing, 2001-2010; 6 Beyond HIV in Africa: Solidification and Expansion of the Access Norm; (a) Solidification of the access norm; (b) Inclusiveness of the access norm: Which medicines are essential?; (c) The inclusiveness of the access norm: Middle-income countries as the new battlefield?; 7 Challenges to the Stability of Informal Norms; (a) Challenges in access to HIV/AIDS medicines.
(B) Free trade agreements(c) WTO accession agreements; (d) Alternate channels for IP rulemaking; 8 Re-framing the Access Norm: Incorporating Innovation; (a) From expert commissions to global strategies; (b) Innovation and access: I+A; (c) Changing expectations for the MICs: Contributions to R & D; 9 The Impact of Non-state Actors on Informal Norms: Nodal Governance and Global Democracy; (a) Nodal governance and informal norm-building; (b) Nodal governance: Interfaces between IGOs, governments and non-state actors in global politics; (c) Role and power of non-state actors in global norm-building.
Summary Hein and Moon take up a serious problem of contemporary global governance: what can be done when international trade rules prevent the realization of basic human rights? This book recounts the remarkable story of the access to medicines movement and offers an explanation for how the "access norm" emerged against long odds. It also explores the stability and scope of the norm with respect to other diseases and emerging economies. Finally, in light of the high barriers to changing formal global trade rules, the book considers the potential and limitations of informal norms for protecting human r.
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Subject Public health -- International cooperation.
Public health -- International cooperation.
Right to health -- Developing countries.
Right to health.
Developing countries.
Drugs -- Prices -- Developing countries.
Drugs -- Prices.
Foreign trade regulation -- Developing countries.
Foreign trade regulation.
Patents (International law)
Patents (International law)
Public Health.
Developing Countries.
Human Rights.
International Cooperation.
Patents as Topic.
Pharmaceutical Preparations -- economics.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Subject Medication.
Added Author Moon, Suerie.
Other Form: Print version: Hein, Wolfgang, 1949- Informal norms in global governance. Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., ©2013 9781409426332 (DLC) 2012026010 (OCoLC)797978729
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