Article 25: Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care. Article 28: Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in...

It is only recently that discussion on intellectual property is being addressed within the framework of human rights. Yet, the human right to the protection of intellectual property dates back 50 years to the basic human rights text - the Declaration on Human Rights of 1948. The right was...

This essay examines the United Nations' (UN) Global Compact Initiative (GCI) from the perspective of the human economy — namely, the system of production and consumption that caters to the needs of the vast majority of the world's population and, in particular, those of the poorest segments....