E-DRUG: Melbourne Law Seminar on WTO and health
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The Post-Graduate Law Student's Association of Melbourne University Law School is hosting a public seminar entitled:
"Is the World Trade Organization detrimental to health?"
(The seminar will be recorded and available on the
Melbourne Law School website)
Wed 18/10/2006
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Speakers: Jurgen Kurtz (WTO overview), David Legge
(TRIPS), Tania Voon(GATT and GATS), Jacqueline Peel
(SPS), David Morgan (Govt experience)and Clancy Kelly
(Right to health) (Chair).
Description: In this discussion academics from the
Melbourne Law School and La Trobe University will
examine the impact on health of World Trade
Organization law. This will include analyses of the
origin and development of WTO and major WTO greements,
the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of
Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), the General
Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), and Sanitary
and Phytosanitary Agreement (SPS). The discussion
reflects the increasing concern with WTO's impact on
health and human rights.
Venue: Rm G08 Melbourne Law School
Address: University Square 185 Pelham Street Carlton
Contact Persons: Clancy Kelly and Daniel Muriu
Contact Details: c.kelly@unimelb.edu.au,
d.muriu@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
RSVP: Wednesday 11 October 2006
Web links:
http://www.law.unimelb.edu.au/events/IstheWTOdetrimentaltohealth.pdf
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Clancy Kelly
cjckelly@yahoo.com