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dc.contributor.authorTobin, Brendan
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T16:00:06Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T16:00:06Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.date.modified2014-03-26T04:48:54Z
dc.identifier.issn17465893
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/57283
dc.description.abstractThe Nagoya Protocol requires states to ensure that access to and use of genetic resources and traditional knowledge of Indigenous peoples and local communities is subject to their prior informed consent (PIC). It also requires states to take into consideration their customary laws. However, it lacks effective compliance mechanisms, a gap exposed in draft European legislation that sidesteps the Nagoya Protocol's obligations regarding PIC and customary law, leaving traditional knowledge largely unprotected. This article examines the status of customary law under international, regional and national law, and the challenges and opportunities for securing recognition of its role in the protection of traditional knowledge. The article contends that all commercial and development activities with the potential to impact on Nagoya Protocol rights will in the future need to ensure compliance with relevant customary law. It finds state reluctance to adopt measures to ensure consideration of customary law shortsighted and likely to lead to increased litigation. It concludes that customary law has a key role to play in closing the Nagoya compliance gap but to do so it will need to be supported by enforcement mechanisms such as disclosure of origin regimes in intellectual property law.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherInternational Environmental Law Research Centre
dc.publisher.placeIndia
dc.publisher.urihttp://www.lead-journal.org/abstracts/13142.htm
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom142
dc.relation.ispartofpageto162
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalLaw Environment and Development Journal
dc.relation.ispartofvolume9
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEnvironmental and Natural Resources Law
dc.subject.fieldofresearchLaw
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode180111
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1801
dc.titleBridging the Nagoya Compliance Gap: The Fundamental Role of Customary Law in Protection of Indigenous Peoples' Resource and Knowledge Rights
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
dcterms.licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Law
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gro.date.issued2013
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gro.griffith.authorTobin, Brendan


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