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Posted on 30 April 2019. Tags: indigenous rights, international law, Traditional Knowledge
“Traditional knowledge constitute[s] [an] integral [element] of indigenous peoples’ societies and cultures and, consequently, indigenous peoples’ rights to autonomy and self-governance [extends] to such knowledge.”– James Anaya, Former Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples[1]
TheWorld Intellectual Property Organization Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (Committee)is currently negotiating a new treaty that could allow for the protection of traditional knowledge by harmonizing national, regional, and international standards.[7] However, protection must also be flexible enough to account for the context-specific concerns of traditional knowledge holders, potential users, and States involved.
IV. The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and The Nagoya Protocolon Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the CBD (Nagoya Protocol)
V. The Protection of Traditional Knowledge:Draft Articles (Draft Treaty)
The most recent version of the Draft Treaty was transmitted to the Committee at its 39thSession on March 22, 2019, which they will revisit between June 17-21, 2019.[12] The Preamble recognizes the right of indigenous and local communities “to maintain, control, protect and develop their intellectual property over their cultural heritage, including their traditional knowledge”; promotes “respect for . . . the dignity, cultural integrity and spiritual values of [] traditional knowledge holders”; and recognizes “the need for new rules and disciplines concerning the provision of effective and appropriate means for the enforcement of rights relating to traditional knowledge, taking into account differences in national legal systems.”[13]
[1]Statement, Professor James Anaya, Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, Indigenous Peoples’ Rights to Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge, U.N. Statement (February 4, 2013).
[2]Convention on Biological Diversity, art. 8(j), June 5, 1992, 1760 UNTS 79 [hereinafter CBD].
[3]Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Practices, Convention on Biological Diversity, https://www.cbd.int/traditional/intro.shtml[hereinafter CBD Website].
[4]CBD Website.
[5]John Reid, Biopiracy: The Struggle for Traditional Knowledge Rights, 34 Am. Indian L. Rev.77, 79 (2009).
[6]Teshager Dagne, The Protection of Traditional Knowledge in the Knowledge Economy: Cross-Cutting Challenges in International Intellectual Property Law, 14 Int’l Comm. L. Rev.137, 147-148 (2012).
[7]The Protection of Traditional Knowledge: Draft Articles, March 22, 2019, WIPO/GRTKF/IC/40/4 [hereinafter Draft Treaty].
[8]CBD, art. 8(j).
[9]The Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity, art. 7, October 10, 2010[hereinafter Nagoya Protocol].
[10]CBD, art. 8(j).
[11]Nagoya Protocol, art. 5(1).
[12]Draft Treaty.
[13]Draft Treaty, Preamble.
[14]Draft Treaty, art. 1.
[15]Draft Treaty art. 2.
[16]Draft Treaty, art. 5.
[17]The Protection of Traditional Knowledge: Updated Draft Gap Analysis, WIPO Doc. WIPO/GRTKF/IC/39/6 (January 16, 2019).
[18]Nagoya Protocol, Preamble.