LEADER 04789nam 22007575 450 001 9910734852103321 005 20241002145439.0 010 $a3-031-33282-2 010 $a9783031332821 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-33282-1 035 $a(CKB)27451658000041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30618318 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30618318 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-33282-1 035 $a(PPN)272252344 035 $a(EXLCZ)9927451658000041 100 $a20230704d2023 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Right to Research in Africa $eExploring the Copyright and Human Rights Interface /$fby Desmond Oriakhogba 205 $a1st ed. 2023. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2023. 215 $a1 online resource (118 pages) 225 1 $aSpringerBriefs in Law,$x2192-8568 311 $a9783031332814 327 $aThe Right to Research in Africa: An Overview of the Context and Issues for Consideration -- Research and the Copyright Challenge to Access to Information in Africa -- Distilling the Right to Research from International and Regional Human Rights Frameworks -- Sampling the Right to Research in National Constitutions and Bills of Rights in Africa -- The Right to Research: Is it Necessary and Justifiable in the African Context?. 330 $aThis book formulates a human right to research in Africa based on an in-depth examination of the available international and regional human rights instruments as well as those relevant to the national contexts of African countries. The imbalances in the African copyright ecosystem regarding access to information for research and education became painfully apparent during the COVID-19 pandemic. African libraries and knowledge curators found themselves ill-equipped to perform their role of enabling access to information. As teaching, learning and research are increasingly done on digital platforms, learners and researchers continue to grapple with the challenges of accessing materials owing largely to the protection of these resources under copyright law. Access to information, which is needed in order to exercise the right to science and culture, faces a significant challenge posed by the exercising of exclusive rights by copyright owners without a legal mechanism that properly balances copyright from a human rights perspective. To achieve such a balance, there is an urgent need to revise the African copyright system from the perspective of human rights law. Can it be done by establishing a human right to research? In view of the existing broad freedom of expression, and the right to science and culture, education, and property in global, national and regional human rights regimes, is a specific right to research in Africa necessary and justifiable? If so, what should its minimum core components be? Are there international and national regimes already in place that could support the formulation of a human right to research in Africa? This book offers a valuable resource for law- and policymakers in the fields of copyright and human rights, judges, lawyers, public interest groups, researchers and students, librarians and authors, as well as the general public. 410 0$aSpringerBriefs in Law,$x2192-8568 606 $aHuman rights 606 $aInformation technology$xLaw and legislation 606 $aMass media$xLaw and legislation 606 $aConflict of laws 606 $aConflict of laws 606 $aInternational law 606 $aComparative law 606 $aAfrica$xPolitics and government 606 $aHuman Rights 606 $aIT Law, Media Law, Intellectual Property 606 $aPrivate International Law, International and Foreign Law, Comparative Law 606 $aPublic International Law 606 $aAfrican Politics 615 0$aHuman rights. 615 0$aInformation technology$xLaw and legislation. 615 0$aMass media$xLaw and legislation. 615 0$aConflict of laws. 615 0$aConflict of laws. 615 0$aInternational law. 615 0$aComparative law. 615 0$aAfrica$xPolitics and government. 615 14$aHuman Rights. 615 24$aIT Law, Media Law, Intellectual Property. 615 24$aPrivate International Law, International and Foreign Law, Comparative Law. 615 24$aPublic International Law. 615 24$aAfrican Politics. 676 $a341.48 700 $aOriakhogba$b Desmond$01373010 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910734852103321 996 $aThe Right to Research in Africa$93403909 997 $aUNINA