SouthViews No. 276, 29 October 2024
Can international law promote innovation from genetic resources and benefit sharing while recognizing the rights of traditional knowledge holders?
By Henry de Novion
Indigenous peoples and local communities have been innovating for millennia and contributing to the development of new products and processes. For international law to promote innovation, it is indispensable to promote indigenous peoples and local communities’ rights to prior informed consent, to benefit sharing, and to guaranteeing their territories, culture, and existence.
Les peuples autochtones et les communautés locales innovent depuis des millénaires et contribuent au développement de nouveaux produits et processus. Pour que le droit international serve à encourager l’innovation, il est indispensable de commencer à promouvoir les droits des peuples autochtones et des communautés locales au consentement préalable en connaissance de cause, au partage des bénéfices et à la garantie de leurs territoires, de leur culture et de leur existence.
Los pueblos indígenas y las comunidades locales llevan milenios innovando y contribuyendo al desarrollo de nuevos productos y procesos. Para que el derecho internacional promueva la innovación, es indispensable empezar a promover los derechos de los pueblos indígenas y las comunidades locales al consentimiento fundamentado previo, al reparto de beneficios y a garantizar sus territorios, su cultura y su existencia.
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This article was tagged: Access and Benefit-Sharing (ABS), BBNJ Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Digital Sequence Information (DSI), Farmers' Rights, Food Security, Genetic Resources, Indigenous Peoples, Innovation, Intellectual Property, International Law, International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA), Local Communities, Modern Medicine, Patent System, Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Traditional Knowledge, Traditional Science, UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
