From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Daniela Ikawa</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dikawa@escr-net.org">dikawa@escr-net.org</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br><div style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0">
<h1 style="color:#0b87c3!important;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:18px;font-weight:bold;line-height:1.3em;margin-bottom:10px;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0"><a href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1362155665-976a62d5a52e1725c282f41b2a8aa05d-c94eed6?pa=367868866961088482" style="color:#178bd7!important;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Kenyan Court Upholds Right to Access Affordable Medicines</a> </h1>
<h2 style="color:#65aa20!important;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:15px;font-weight:bold;line-height:1.2em;margin-bottom:10px;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0">Patricia Asero Ochieng and Two Others v. the Attorney General & Another High Court of Kenya, April 20, 2012</h2>
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April 2012, Kenya’s High Court issued a landmark judgment on access to
generic medicines. In a major victory for the AIDS Law Project involved
in the case, the Court held that Kenya’s Anti-Counterfeit Act of 2008
violated the right to life, human dignity and health because it
restricted access to affordable generic medicines. The decision was the
result of three years of legal challenges to the Anti-Counterfeit Act.
The petitioners in the case, Kenyan citizens using generic
anti-retroviral medications, together with the AIDS Law Project as an
interested party, argued that the Act equated generic drugs with
counterfeit medicine and consequently threatened access to affordable
treatment in Kenya (Articles 26(1), 28 and 43 of the Constitution and
article 12 of the ICESCR).</p>
<p style="color:#000000!important;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;line-height:1.5em;margin-bottom:1.3em;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;padding-top:3px;vertical-align:top">The
judgment is vital for millions of people in Kenya who rely on generic
drugs for their daily survival. This case also sets an important
precedent for other countries currently considering legislation on
generic medicines.</p>
<p style="color:#000000!important;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;line-height:1.5em;margin-bottom:1.3em;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;margin-top:0;padding:0;padding-top:3px;vertical-align:top">For more information, please access the case summary, the decision and other related documents at <a href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1362155665-0f744b902abd3ea11bfe9f3a32c6c96a-c94eed6?pa=367868866961088482" style="color:#178bd7!important;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">http://www.escr-net.org/node/365108</a> or contact Daniela Ikawa (<a href="mailto:dikawa@escr-net.org" target="_blank">dikawa@escr-net.org</a>).</p>
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