Volume 4 Issue 2 The Human Rights Magazine June - July 2005
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Amended Patents Act 1970 : A Critique
New patent laws will make products extremely expensive and out of reach of common people 
East is Not West
The evolution of patent laws Developing world is trying to catch up
with the advanced countries
Big Players and our National Interests
Indian government can protect national interests if it gets its acts right on the patent issue
Getting in Tune
Despite The Patents (Amendment) Act 2005, India still faces the challenges of harmonising IPR with other relevant laws without compromising national interest.
Patents vs Patients
Forget opposition, the Left failed to avail the given flexibilities within WTO and TRIPs.
Tripped!
The Government’s capitulation:Government has ceded more grounds than was necessary under the influence of vested interests.
An Open Minefield
Privatisation of biodiversity is a dangerous development. 
Grandmom Shackled
Patenting bioresources threatens grandma’s remedy.
Magic Seeds
A farmers’ collective revives traditional farming systems and hundreds of varieties of grains and pulses.
Einstein for Beginners
Ordinance and Drug Availability.
Lingo Lingo Lingo....
The Patent Dictionary.
Traditional Knowledge or Capitalist Goldmine?
How can we patent traditional knowledge systems born out of centuries of collective wisdom?
Beyond Greed and Profit
New laws will affect people’s ability to buy life saving drugs.
Life on the Edge
People, or end-users, have been left out of patent discourse.
It’s not in the Genes
Patenting genes will have serious repercussions on India’s agriculture and food security.
Madness and Civilisation
The new patent regime means betrayal and torture of society’s mentally ill.
Other
issues:
Gatt it? Got it
How senior officials representing India at world forums compromised national interest and got rewarded.Missing the Woods for Trees
Forest Rights Bill, if passed, will democratise the forest department.
Judiciary and human Rights
Pota: Farce and Facts
Conclusions of Central Review Committee on POTA.
Human Rights Elsewhere
Peacekeepers or Sex Criminals?
Uzbekistan: A Tale of Torture and Tyranny
The Model Nikahnamah
Much Ado About Nothing.
Debating Rights
Debate: Moral Cops Run Amok
Closure of dance bars and moral policing in Maharashtra.
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