Harmonizing policy on human genetic resources and benefit sharing

Access to and Benefit Sharing of Plant Genetic Resources: Novel Field Experiences to Inform Policy

A number of national and international policy processes are underway to allow for the development of sui generis systems to protect local natural and genetic resources and related knowledge about their management, use and maintenance. Despite agreements reached on paper at international and national levels, such as the Nagoya Protocol on access to genetic resources and the fair and equitable sh...

Sharing Access and Benefits to Genetic Resources

Incorporating Traditional Knowledge in an International Regime on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit Sharing: Problems and Prospects

The Seventh Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (2004) of the Convention on Biological Diversity established a mandate for the negotiation of an international regime on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit Sharing arising from their utilization. Negotiations have been proceeding and have entered the final phase. Seven working group meetings have been held to date and there is expectatio...

Benefit-sharing: an inquiry regarding the meaning and limits of the concept in human genetic research

The Human Genome Project and the related research and development activities have raised heated discussions around some very basic ethical and social issues. A much debated concern is that of justice in human genetic research and in possible applications, especially pertaining to questions of just benefit-sharing who and based on what sort of argumentation has the right to require benefits aris...

Human Resources : The Political and Policy Context

At the request of WHO, this paper incorporates eight issues: donor agencies and their contribution in shaping the HR agenda; national & international agency facilitation of identifying good HR practice and facilitating networks to disseminate it; national & international successes and failures in implementing change in HR policy and practice in health sectors over last 5 to 10 years; the approp...