Access and Benefit Sharing and Digital Sequence Information: Unravelling the Knot
Frison, Christine; Tsioumani, Elsa
2022 • In Lawson, Charles; Rourke, Michelle; Humphries, Fran (Eds.) Access and Benefit Sharing of Genetic Resources, Information and Traditional Knowledge
[en] This chapter traverses the broad legal and political interface posed by finding resolution to the DSI impasse, touching normative issues, legal interpretations, policy constraints, intellectual property, open access, development capabilities ideals, situated knowledge and decolonisation. The chapter concludes that to resolve the DSI impasse there needs to be a focus on the deep-rooted conflicts, a preferred legal interpretation of the CBD and Nagoya Protocol, recognition of the legitimate perspectives and concerns of others and a responsibility to acknowledge the imbalances resulting from colonial history.
Disciplines :
European & international law
Author, co-author :
Frison, Christine ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Cité ; Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium
Tsioumani, Elsa; School of International Studies, University of Trento, Italy
Language :
English
Title :
Access and Benefit Sharing and Digital Sequence Information: Unravelling the Knot
Publication date :
2022
Main work title :
Access and Benefit Sharing of Genetic Resources, Information and Traditional Knowledge
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