PARTICIPATION IN GLOBAL CULTURAL HERITAGE GOVERNANCE INTERNATIONAL LAW ASSOCIATION
6-8 July 2021 Intersessional Meeting, Nairobi, Kenya (online event) Amidst the ongoing challenges the world faces with COVID-19 related restrictions, the International Law Association Committee on Participation in Global Cultural Heritage Governance, in collaboration with Strathmore Law School of Nairobi, Kenya, organized an online event. The event spanned over three days, from 6 – 8 July 2021. The first two days were hosted by Strathmore Law School and involved webinars with special guests to discuss issues on community participation and…
Workshop presentation report: Natural Justice/CS Consulting – Access and Benefit-Sharing agreements and Intellectual Property
Via Zoom digital meeting 19 February 2021 09h30 – 12h30 The overall objective of the training workshop was to provide technical training on intellectual property, and access and benefit sharing as it related to communities in the Venda region in the Limpopo Province. The main aims of the presentation included an overview of the current intellectual property regime in the protection of communities’ indigenous knowledge as well as the simultaneous introduction of protection techniques. The training workshop was attended by members of…
Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources; the Regulatory Challenge
World Intellectual Property Organization 20 – 22 January 2021 Seminar on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources As the coronavirus and its implications continue to hinder and plague the global community, rapid advances are constantly being made in the field of genomics. This is also causing new complexities to emerge around the legal control of genetic resources. The past year included many new challenges for the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Genetic developments occurred at a rapid pace, demanding the…
Committee on Participation in Global Cultural Heritage Governance
The 79th Biennial Conference proved to be historic, as it marked the first ever virtual conference in the history of the International Law Association (ILA). The Conference took place from 29 November to 13 December 2020. CS Consulting’s participation focused on the Committee on Participation in Global Cultural Heritage Governance. This Conference provided the Committee the opportunity to follow up on all of the work done throughout the year in the field of cultural heritage law, and to set the…
Rooibos ABS Koi-san
CS Consulting welcomes an applauds the signing of the bioprospecting/biotrade benefiting sharing agreement between the Rooibos Council and the San and Khoi Communities. CS Consulting is particularly excited as it has been party to providing technical support to the final culmination of this historic agreement. We are invariably committed to assisting indigenous communities and non-governmental structures in their struggle to ensure fair and equitable benefits arising from the use of indigenous knowledge. CS Consulting places on record its heartfelt congratulation…
ILA Committee of Participation in Global Cultural Heritage Governance
Intersessional Meeting in Oxford, 2 – 3 July 2019 Wolfson College, University of Oxford Linton Rd, Oxford OX2 6UD, United Kingdom The Intersessional Meeting began with a general introduction of the mandate and agenda of the meeting [. An overview of the work which had been done prior to the meeting was also set [. In the introductory session, the theme of the meeting would be set by addressing the notion of participation and the presence of the notion…