“Now Is Not the Time to Stop Running”: Switzerland’s Obligation to Support a Global Public Good Approach to COVID-19 Diagnostics, Vaccines and Therapeutics
October 2022
- Theme: Business and Women's Human Rights, CEDAW, COVID-19, Macroeconomics, Trade Justice.
- Type: Submission.
- Region/Country: Switzerland.
- Language: English.
Shadow report submitted to the 83rd CEDAW session by Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN), IWRAW Asia Pacific, Third World Network (TWN) and Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS), on behalf of the Feminists for a People’s Vaccine campaign. Connecting the current intellectual property approach adopted by Switzerland to severe and disproportionate impacts on the right to health of women and girls in developing and least developed countries, this 19-page document outlines rights violations under articles of CEDAW.