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UN Human Rights Treaty Body Work: IP rules, Access to Medicines and Human Rights
3D's Treaty Body work brings country-specific information to the UN human rights treaty supervisory bodies so that they can raise trade-related issues of human rights concern with State representatives. The treaty body recommendations on these trade-related issues are useful tools for groups and individuals advocating for a more equitable international trading system.
We have prepared country briefing notes for treaty body members on trade-related intellectual property rules, access to medicines and human rights in Botswana, Denmark & Italy (EU), Ecuador, El Salvador, Morocco, the Philippines, Thailand and Uganda.
Download 3D's Country briefings
Download Press Releases and notes on Thailand and other countries negotiating Free Trade Agreements (FTA's)
Following 3D's submissions, the treaty bodies adopted concluding observations expressing their concern about lack of access to medicines. The Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights recommended that States should conduct assessments of how new trade and intellectual property rules will impact access to affordable medicines.
Donwload a compilation of Treaty Body recommendations for 2004-2006 relating to intellectual property, access to medicines and human rights in the following countries: Botswana, Chile, Denmark, Ecuador, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Peru, the Philippines, Thailand and Uganda
We are developing this section of our Web site. If you want more information on our work in the area of access to medicines, please contact us at info@3dthree.org
The Practical Guide to the WTO
The Practical Guide to the WTO is a concise and simply-worded guide to the World Trade organization (WTO). It is unique in providing concrete examples of how trade and trade rules developed in the WTO and elsewhere can affect human rights, as well as detailed reference and contact information for those wishing to learn more about how to undertake work relating to trade. The Practical Guide elaborated by 3D in collaboration with FORUM-ASIA was published on Human Rights Day - 10th December 2004. 3D will publish an up-dated Spanish Edition of the Practical Guide in the Spring of 2006.
Read more about the Practical Guide
Policy Briefs on Human Rights
Policy Briefs on Human Rights are an information series designed for developing country trade officials and development NGOs, on how the human rights framework can be a useful tool for ensuring that trade rules are developed and implemented in a way that is equitable, ethical and respects human rights.
The first Policy Brief, on how US and EU cotton policies affect the human rights of African producers, was published in May 2004.
Download the Cotton Brief
Thread: Trade, Human Rights and the Economy - Action upDates
Thread is a topical information series on trade, designed for human rights advocates. The first publication in this series,"Planting the Rights Seed: A human rights perspective on agriculture trade and the WTO", has been published in late March 2005, in collaboration with IATP -The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
Read more about THREAD
Trade and Human Rights Information Dissemination
3D provides expertise on trade and human rights to groups around the world. We do this on an ongoing basis, through public presentations, teaching classes and providing written resources. Recently, for instance, we contributed a chapter on the WTO to the Diplomacy Training Programme's training manual, and spoke on human rights approaches to groups specializing on health matters at the Social Forum of the Americas. Download recent articles and presentations
In-Depth Study Sessions on Trade and Human Rights
3D -> Trade - Human Rights - Equitable Economy held a Study Session on Intellectual Property and Human Rights, on 23-24 September 2005, in Geneva.
Read more on the Study Session
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3D held a Study Session on Intellectual Property and Human Rights, on 23-24 September 2005, in Geneva. More information on the Study Session.
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3D organized a joint event with FIDH and IATP in parallel to the WTO Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong on 14 December 2005.
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