INDONESIA
This principle justified the Government in allowing a local Indonesian company to manufacture anti-AIDS drugs without paying licensing rates demanded by the drug companies that held the patents. The principle is that patent rights and the desire to profit should not supersede the rights of people to continue to live because they cannot afford the drugs to keep them alive. The local manufacturers provide the drugs to the government at cost of manufacture which is a tiny proportion of the price the patent owner charges.
This was in the first article of their Constitution upon gaining their independence. With a long tradition of Dutch colonialism and a particularly brutal Japanese colonization during WWII, the Indonesians were most preoccupied with this issue.
This constitution greatly limits the role of private property ownership.
What is particularly interesting about the Indonesia Constitution is the fact that despite the fact that Indonesia is the world’s largest Islamic nation, there is no preference given in the constitution to Muslims nor is that even any official recognition of Islam or the Muslim majority. Monotheism is the only concession to religion. This is in marked contrast to most Muslim nations.
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a sovereign transcontinental country located mainly in Southeast Asia with some territories in Oceania. Situated between the Indian and Pacific oceans, it is the world's largest island country, with more than thirteen thousand islands. It has an estimated population of over 260 million people (September 2016) and is the world's fourth most populous country, the most populous Austronesian nation, as well as the most populous Muslim-majority country. The world's most populous island of Java contains more than half of the country's population.
