In praise of economic policy: copyright and the human rights

Abstract

In August of 2000 the United Nations Sub-Commission on Human Rights approved Resolution 2000/7 -l declared, in part, that there was a primacy of human rights over economic policies. While Resolution H was focused on potential conflicts between human rights goals, such as education, and economic ies reflected in domestic economic policies and the TRIPS agreement, subsequent commentary on lution 2000/7 suggests a much broader meaning; specifically, a legal obligation under international law to de for these human rights to those in need and the exclusion of certain economic human rights such as a or's right to material gain from his creationThis paper addresses the misunderstandings created by Resolution 2000/7, specifically with regard to right, through an historic, legal and economics analysis. First, the paper examines the aspirational nature n-fundamental human rights, such as education. Next, it examines the inclusion of the right to material from a creation as a human right. Additionally, this paper examines the history of economic policy in the ion of the United Nations and modern human rights law. Further, the paper explores the :onnectedness of economic policy and human rights with regard to education by analyzing the history of right in the domestic and international context. Finally, solutions are explored with particular focus on a icing approach instead of the absolute priority suggested by Resolution 2000/7