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TPB2012-024
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Module C [Code not yet available]
Sequence: modules A and B must be attempted before module C
Specialised technology licences †
Biotechnology licences
Software licences
Trade mark licences
Know-how and show-how licences
Licensing by public research institutes (e.g. universities)
Compulsory licensing
Module D [Code not yet available]
Sequence: modules A and B must be attempted before module D
Public regulation of technology transfers †
Technology transfer and competition law
European Community Block Exemption
Regulation of restrictive licensing agreements (TRIPs Agreement Article 40)
Technology transfer codes in developing countries (e.g. Andean Pact countries, China, Philippines,
Vietnam)
Protection of genetic resources (e.g. Convention on Biological Diversity, International Treaty on
Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture)
Regulation of transfers of dual-use technology to belligerent nations
United Nations protection of human rights
Students are advised that this course demands some previous knowledge of public international law.
Module A [LWM61A]
Mechanisms for human rights protection by United Nations bodies
Historical development of international human rights law
Mechanisms established by UN human rights treaties: general comments by treaty bodies; reporting
system and concluding observations; individual complaints; inter-state complaints; visits
Special Procedures established by the UN Commission on Human Rights: country mandates and
thematic mandates
Mechanisms under UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) resolution 1235 and ECOSOC
resolution 1503
Module B [LWM61B]
Sequence: module A must be attempted before module B
Substantive rights under United Nations Human Rights Treaties 1
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the
abolition of the death penalty
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT)
Module C [LWM61C]
Sequence: module A must be attempted before module C
Substantive rights under United Nations Human Rights Treaties 2
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)
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