November 8, 2021, Global jurists call for waiver of global intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics
“Member States of the WTO who block or otherwise impede the adoption of a waiver of intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines and other therapeutics are breaching their legal obligations to realize the rights to health, equality, life and science, the ICJ said today in an expert legal opinion published with the endorsement of over 85 jurists from across the world”.