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SPRINGERBRIEFS IN LAW THE RIGHT TO RESEARCH I...

This book formulates a human right to research in Africa based on an in-depth examination of
the available international and regional human rights instruments as well as those relevant to
the national contexts of African countries. The imbalances in the African copyright ecosystem
regarding access to information for research and education became painfully apparent during the
COVID-19 pandemic. African libraries and knowledge curators found themselves ill-equipped to
perform their role of enabling access to information. As teaching  learning and research are
increasingly done on digital platforms  learners and researchers continue to grapple with the
challenges of accessing materials owing largely to the protection of these resources under
copyright law. Access to information  which is needed in order to exercise the right to science
and culture  faces a significant challenge posed by the exercising of exclusive rights by
copyright owners without a legal mechanism that properly balances copyright from a human rights
perspective. To achieve such a balance  there is an urgent need to revise the African copyright
system from the perspective of human rights law. Can it be done by establishing a human right
to research? In view of the existing broad freedom of expression  and the right to science and
culture  education  and property in global  national and regional human rights regimes  is a
specific right to research in Africa necessary and justifiable? If so  what should its minimum
core components be? Are there international and national regimes already in place that could
support the formulation of a human right to research in Africa? This book offers a valuable
resource for law- and policymakers in the fields of copyright and human rights  judges  lawyers
public interest groups  researchers and students  librarians and authors  as well as the
general public.

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