International Intellectual Property Law and Human Security
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Dr. Robin Ramcharan, LLM, is Professor of International Relations and Law with Alliance University College of Law in Bangalore, India. He also teaches in the School of Business at Alliance. Previously, he was with the University of Toronto, Brock University and the Royal Military College in Canada and worked for six years in the Worldwide Academy of the World Intellectual Property Organization, Geneva, in the area of cooperation for development. Robin Ramcharan also worked for the World Economic Forum and is Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Gomez Centre, a human rights consultancy in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Introduction.- Intellectual Property and Human Security.- The International Intellectual Property Regime.- Human Security Aspects of the Intellectual Property Regime.- Imperatives of the Right to Development.- IP, Human Rights and Human Security.- A Human Security Perspective for International Business Organizations.- The Protection of Traditional Knowledge in Africa, Asia and Latin America.- The Development Agenda of WIPO.- Proposal for an International Equity Panel in WIPO.- Conclusion.
