[Ip-health] RE: Dialogue: The WIPO Development Agenda and the Right to Development. Thurs. 19th

[Ahmed Abdel Latif]

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The WIPO Development Agenda and the Right to Development: Towards Bridging =
the Gap?

 Thursday, 19th November 2009
13:15-15:00
WIPO, Room B

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The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the Office=
 of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the I=
nternational Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) are pleas=
ed to invite you to a dialogue on "the WIPO Development Agenda and the Righ=
t to Development: Towards Bridging the Gap?", Thursday 19th November 2009, =
13:15-14:45, (Room B) World Intellectual Property Organization (34, Chemin =
des Colombettes CH-1211).

Objective

The aim of the dialogue is to examine possible linkages and synergies betwe=
en the WIPO Development Agenda implementation process and the Right to Deve=
lopment in the context of the wider nexus between intellectual property and=
 human rights.

Background

The WIPO Development Agenda is a landmark initiative to ensure that intelle=
ctual property rights (IPRs) are addressed within the broader context of ec=
onomic, social development and the public interest. It also aims to ensure =
that WIPO, in manner consistent with its status as UN agency, fully integra=
tes the development dimension in all its activities.

>From this perspective, the implementation of WIPO Development Agenda (DA) h=
as significant potential for advancing the implementation of the right to d=
evelopment (RTD) which was proclaimed by the United Nations in 1986 in the =
Declaration on the Right to Development (UN GA resolution 41/128).

However, this connection remains relatively unknown. The WIPO DA implementa=
tion process is not closely followed by the human rights community and the =
relevance of the RTD framework is often not well understood in the IP commu=
nity.

Achieving greater coherence to bridge this gap, in the context of the wider=
 nexus between intellectual property and human rights, requires a sustained=
 effort of dialogue, information and policy analysis and research.

The review by the High Level Task Force on the implementation of the RTD, e=
stablished by the Working Group on the RTD,  of the WIPO DA, within the fra=
mework of its work plan for 2008-2010,  could provide a valuable opportunit=
y for this purpose. The Task Force will use the framework criteria it propo=
sed in 2009 to assess the WIPO DA as a partnership for development.

More broadly, how can a human rights based approach be used to ensure an ef=
fective implementation of the WIPO DA? Recommendation 35 of the WIPO DA - r=
equests WIPO "to undertake, upon request of Member States, new studies to a=
ssess the economic social and cultural impact of the use of intellectual pr=
operty system in these states." At the first session of the CDIP, the Offic=
e of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) encouraged Member State=
s and the Committee to consider the use of human rights impact assessment i=
n developing a work program for the implementation of the recommendation be=
aring in mind the internationally recognized human rights in the economic s=
ocial and cultural fields. Yet not much has been done since then to heed th=
is call.

The Dialogue aims to address these questions with the aim of contributing i=
n a constructive manner to the WIPO DA implementation process.

Draft Programme

Introduction
UNCTAD and ICTSD

Speakers

Ayuush Bat-Erdene, Officer-in-Charge, the Right to Development Unit, the Of=
fice of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) - "Mainstreaming the=
 RTD: the UN debate and mandate of the OHCHR"

Professor Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Member of the High Level Task Force on the im=
plementation of the Right to Development -  "The High level Task force on t=
he implementation of the RTD and the WIPO Development Agenda"

Violette Ruppanner, Director 3 D - "The contribution of a human rights appr=
oach to the effective implementation of the WIPO Development Agenda"

Commentator

Mr. Mohamed Gad, Permanent Mission of Egypt

Exchange of views with participants

For registration, please contact Ms. Hanna Leone  (hleone@ictsd.ch; tel: +4=
1 22917 88 55).



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