several major milestones between the two United Nations General Assembly Special Sessions on the World Drug Problem (UNGASS …The concept of alternative development (AD) in international drug control has evolved over the past four decades, with …) 1998 and 2016. However, it was not until UNGASS 2016 that the door for development-oriented thinking in international drug …

pharmaceuticals. The first section takes the example of compulsory licensing as a legitimate sovereign action and delineates its scope … organisations, particularly the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), can be involved in restoring the legitimacy of …