On the margins of the WIPO Committee on Development and IP (CDIP), CIEL organized a series of presentations and commentary on the topic of Human Rights and Technology Transfer, in the context of climate change. Information on what agreements were reached in the CDIP can be found on the CIEL IP Quarterly Update, Second Quarter of 2010.
The speakers included:
- Mr. Robert Archer, Executive Director of the International Council on Human Rights Policy (ICHRP)
- Mr. Michael Waibel, Post-doctoral researcher at Cambridge University
- Mr. Baskut Tuncak, Law Fellow, Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)
- Ms. Caroline Dommen, Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO)
- Mr. Subhas Gujadhur, First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of Mauritius to Geneva
Mr. Archer began the event with a summary of the Human Rights dimension of climate change, based in part on their earlier publication “Climate Change and Human Rights: A Rough Guide.”
Mr. Waibel followed with an overview of Technology Transfer in the International Agreements on intellectual property and environmental protection. His presentation can be viewed here.
Mr. Tuncak then spoke of how and to what benefit human rights obligations can inform discussions on technology transfer.
Finally. Ms. Dommen and Mr. Gujadhur provided their perspective on the preceding presentations.
For further information, please see IP Watch’s coverage here and/or contact Baskut Tuncak at btuncak [at] ciel [dot] org
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