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Professor Shaver Report to UN Special Rapporteur on Copyright Policy and the Right to Science and Culture Published
01/28/2015
Professor Lea Shaver’s work on the impact of intellectual property regimes on human rights, specifically how copyright policy and IP laws affect the right to science and culture, has been published.
Professor Shaver’s 2010 article, “The Right to Science and Culture,” published in the Wisconsin Law Review caught the attention of United Nations Special Rapporteur Farida Shaheed, whose work focuses on the field of cultural rights. Professor Shaver traveled to Geneva in October 2013 to make a presentation on the topic, and consulted with Shaheed and other experts in the subject during Spring 2014. She made a presentation on her work in Geneva in June 2014, followed by a two-day workshop during which other experts offered their feedback on Shaver’s work. The resulting report was published December 24, 2014.
