A-Z Site Index
Menu
  1. Recommendations Database
  2. Area of Work String: intellectual property
  3. Paragraph Number » Taxonomy term » Name: 9
  4. Recommendations Database
Displaying 1 - 1 of 1
View

Addressee: Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore of WIPO

Paragraph Number: 9
Session: 18 (2019)
Full Text:

Regarding the negotiations taking place at the sessions of the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the Permanent Forum reiterates the urgent need to develop an instrument that responds to the current lack of adequate protection of traditional knowledge and recognizes indigenous peoples as equal stakeholders and the legitimate holders of their knowledge. The Forum calls upon the Intergovernmental Committee to fast-track the negotiations and to use its core budget to fund indigenous peoples’ participation in the deliberations.

Area of Work: Intellectual Property, Traditional Knowledge