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Human Rights, Access to Medicines, and the Pharmaceutical Industry

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Summary

There are many barriers preventing the world’s poorest and most disadvantaged from achieving their rights to adequate healthcare. Under the UN Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights many of these fall under governments’ duty to protect. This Good Practice Note illustrates a number of different ways in which responsible businesses can support the UN goals in this area.

Source
Issuer

UNGC

Year

2011

Region

International

Issuer (type)

United Nations Global Compact Office (International)

Instrument type

Best Practice

Disclosure instrument

No

Geographical scope

International

Mandatory or voluntary

Voluntary

Text analysis

    • Moderate 0.62%
    • Low 0.01%
    • E focus: water, environment
    • S focus: discrimination, diversity, human right, human rights, intellectual property, neglected diseases, philanthropic activity, compensation
    • G focus: political involvement
    • Arts, Finance, Health, Management, Manufacturing