Egypt's Obligation to Respect, Protect and Fulfill the Right to Access to Knowledge, Science, Art and Culture (ICESCR Article 15)

Submitted to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Pre-Sessional Working Group 51st Session, 21-24 May 2013, Geneva Switzerland, by the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law Pro Bono UN Human Rights Reporting Program. Team Members: Eslah Salah Alkathiri, LL.M. candidate; Dr. Mohamed Arafa, S.J.D.; J. Michael Blackwell, J.D. candidate; Ritu Chokshi, J.D. candidate; Sherif Mohamed Mansour, J.D. candidate; Deyana Fatme Unis, J.D. candidate; Qifan Wang, J.D. candidate. Faculty Advisers: Professor Lea Shaver, J.D. and Dr. Ian McIntosh, Ph.D. Founder, Head & Trainer: Perfecto `Boyet´ Caparas, A.B., LL.B., LL.M. American Law, LL.M. Human Rights (Honors); Graduate Studies Program Manager, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, 530 W. New York Street, Indianapolis, Indiana USA. This human rights report includes the book titled Access to Knowledge in Egypt - New Research on Intellectual Property, Innovation and Development, edited by Nagla Rizk and Lea Shaver, Bloomsbury Academic, (CC) 2010 by Nagla Rizk, Lea Shaver and the contributors