Author: Onen Cylus and Timothy Fish Hodgson

[Timothy Fish Hodgson is a legal adviser for the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), based in Johannesburg. Onen Cylus is a junior legal researcher for the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), based in Kampala, Uganda.] The scramble for access to COVID-19 vaccines has brought public attention to the significant impact that intellectual property (IP) protections can have on the right to...

Onen Cylus is an LLB finalist at Makerere University. He is also currently working as an intern with the International Commission of Jurists, with a passion for research and human rights activism.Timothy Fish Hodgson is a Legal Adviser for the International Commission of Jurists. In late June 2021, Ms Angel Nakasango, a resident of Kampala, Uganda  was critically ill with COVID-19 and required emergency medical attention....