ABSTRACT
The broader right to health is linked to programmes in development, with the fulfilment of the right to health directly implicated in socio-economic development. This necessarily invites consideration of human rights to development and culture in the context of medicine and public health, and the operation of these rights on the framework of intellectual property. In effect, the fulfilment of the right to development necessarily addresses the life chances of all citizens and provides for opportunities for all individuals to these fundamental human rights. Importantly, beyond the primary nature attributed to the value of property in democratic systems, the right to development and its implication of the right of self-determination articulate democracy upon principles of the collective. In 1993, the World Conference on Human Rights considered the right to development states the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action. The WHO Intergovernmental Working Group on Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property (IGWG) was established in 2006.
