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Book (series)Intellectual Property Rights in Plant Varieties: An Overview with Options for National Governments 2002
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Intellectual property rights (IPRs) are legal rights granted by government al authorities to control certain products of human intellectual effort and ingenuity. (OECD 1996, at 12). An in- depth discussion of the philosophical and policy goals served by gran ting legal protection to these products is beyond the scope of this report. However, a basic familiarity with these goals is necessary to grasp how national and international intellectual property systems and institutions have evolv ed to their present forms and to understand the constraints that those systems and institutions place on governments seeking to implement competing policy objectives in tension with IPRs. -
Book (stand-alone)Farmers' Rights
Educational Module on Farmers' rights
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No results found.Farmers’ Rights under the International Treaty is the fifth in a series of educational modules being developed under the coordination of the Secretariat of the International Treaty to strengthen capacities for the effective implementation of the International Treaty among its stakeholder groups. The work on these training materials was officially welcomed by the Governing Body of the International Treaty at its fourth session. The educational modules are aimed at all stakeholder groups of the International Treaty, including policy makers and their staff, civil servants, gene bank staff, plant breeders, farmers’ organizations and other civil society organizations. They are also designed as information and awareness raising materials for the use of media, academia, prospective donors and other interested institutions. -
Book (series)Children’s property and inheritance rights and their livelihoods: The context of HIV and AIDS in Southern and East Africa 2006
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No results found.This paper focuses on legal and institutional aspects of children’s property and inheritance rights in Southern and East Africa. Chapter 2 discusses violations of children’s property and inheritance rights and discusses how the spread of HIV/AIDS has contributed to the violations. Chapter 3 assesses several norms of customary law that aim to protect children’s property and inheritance rights as well as the current practices of customary law that—in the context of the HIV/AIDS pandemic—serve to c omplicate and limit children’s ability to maintain their rights. Chapter 4 reviews and assesses a selection of international laws and national laws from the countries in the region that influence children’s property and inheritance rights, emphasizing succession and land laws. Several gaps in national legislation and policy that need to be addressed are identified.
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