Essays about: "EU competition law and human rights"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 10 essays containing the words EU competition law and human rights.

1. 6. Pharmaceutical Patents, Right to Health and Access to Essential Medicines: A Human Rights Critique

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Ines Lasic; [2013]
   Keywords : human rights; intellectual property; pharmaceutical patens; TRIPS; right to health; access to essential medicines; developing countries; neglected diseases; counterfeited drugs; compulsory licences; generic medicines; Health Impact Fund; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Until recently, the areas of patent law and human rights law were treated separately. The tensions between pharmaceutical patents and the human right to health could be felt already in the 1980s, when the HIV/AIDS pandemic broke out and the pharmaceutical company that discovered a drug which could be used to treat this disease decided to patent it and set the price so high, that it was impossible for most people living in poor countries, where the disease was most prevalent, to access them. READ MORE

3. 7. The Principle of Ne Bis In Idem: Human Rights and the Enforcement of European Union Competition Law

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Carl Lundeholm; [2012]
   Keywords : Konkurrensrätt competition law EU-rätt EU law human rights ne bis in idem mänskliga rättigheter; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Denna uppsats behandlar frågan om hur EU:s konkurrensrätt förhåller sig till rättsprincipen ne bis in idem. I och med att Förordning 1/2003 trädde i kraft 2004 så ändrades reglerna om tillämpning av EU:s konkurrensregler i grunden. READ MORE

4. 8. Corporate Human Rights Protection in Light of Effective Competition Law Enforcement

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Sophie Kulevska; [2011]
   Keywords : European Union Law; European Union Competition Law; International Human Rights Law; Lisbon Treaty; European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis originates from the existing conflict of interests between the enforcement of European Union (EU) competition law and the companies’ human rights grievances. The former is concerned with the effective functioning of the European Commission’s powers to investigate companies under Articles 18 and 20 of Regulation 1/2003. READ MORE

5. 9. Institutional Aspects of EU's accession to the European Convention on Human Rights

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Anna Brunzell; [2010]
   Keywords : institutional design; human rights; normative approach; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : With the Lisbon Treaty in place, the EU has the legal basis to accede to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The aim of the accession is to strengthen the protection of human rights in Europe, and give European citizens the same protection vis-à-vis acts of the Union as they presently enjoy from member states. READ MORE

6. 10. The right to health and right to intellectual property in the EU. Analysis of the internal and external policies.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Beata Faracik; [2002]
   Keywords : Human Rights Law and Intellectual Property Rights; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : It is very common nowadays to speak of an ''information society'' in which control of information or information based knowledge has replaced control over matter as an ultimate source of economic power. The intellectual creations protected through patents, trade marks, copyrights etc constitute often a huge part of the companies' intangible assets. READ MORE