More than 90 civil society organisations (CSOs) call on Ministers participating in the African Regional Intellectual Property Organisation (ARIPO) Ministerial Meeting next week in Liberia to establish a transparent Member State TRIPS Flexibilities Working Group that includes participation of civil society as well as public health and development experts from UNDP, WHO, UNCTAD and UNAIDS to discuss implementation of public health sensitive TRIPS flexibilities in the Harare Protocol in particular the detailed proposals that have been presented by civil society. ARIPO’s rules on granting patents favours the interests of pharmaceutical companies over peoples’ right to access to affordable medicines. Click for OPEN LETTER Click for PRESS RELEASE