Genetically modified organisms

Key areas of work

Key projects

• Participation in the elaboration of the Explanatory Guide to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (IUCN/FIELD/WRI, 2001-2)
• Participation in the elaboration of a Complilation of Expert Papers on Liability and Redress and Living Modified Organisms (CropLife International, 2004)
• Provision of independent expert advice on liability and redress to participants in the 1st Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety in February 2004
•  Disseminion of a series of short discussion papers on key concepts of liability in the form of an electronic dialogue, and organization of a side event on key concepts during the first Working Group meeting on Liability and Redress under the Cartagena Protocol in May 2005, as a 'neutral learning platform', with the participation of seven legal experts engaged in the negotiations  >>> SUMMARY REPORT 
• Various talks and presentations on liability (including: UNEP/GEF Biosafety Project; first meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol)

Key publications

[1.83 MB]	Explanatory Guide to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety	2003
[1 MB]	Liability and Redress and Living Modified Organisms	2004
[1.36 MB]	Biosafety Protocol Process on Liability and Redress: Food for Thought on Key Issues	2005
[66 KB]	International procedures governing transboundary litigation on alleged LMO damages: An overview of existing approaches	2006