ICC Contributions on Access and Benefit Sharing 

• Paper on ABS for CBD COP 9
  16 May 2008 
• Intervention on ABS by Michael D. Hauser on behalf of ICC at CBD COP 9
  21 May 2008
• ICC Press Release on ABS for CBD COP 9
  20 May 2008 
• ICC comments on the Brazilian draft bill on the collection of biological materials
  English version 
  Portuguese version
  28 February 2008
• Statement by Michael D. Hauser on behalf of ICC
  Sixth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-Sharing (WG ABS 6)
  21-25 January 2008
• ICC replies to WIPO questions on the protection of traditional knowledge
  15 May 2007
• Issues for consideration by the CBD Group of Technical Experts concerning a Certificate relating to genetic resources 
  15 September 2006
• Comments on WIPO paper: “The protection of traditional knowledge: revised objectives and principles”
  7 August 2006
• Access and Benefit Sharing: Does Certification Close The Gap? First Views of Stakeholders - Side event at COP8 Curitiba  
  22 March 2006
• Protecting Traditional Knowledge(discussion paper)
  12 January 2006
• ICC discussion paper on special disclosure requirements in patent applications
  May, 2005
• Access and benefit-sharing for genetic resources
  October, 2004
• Statement by Tim Roberts on behalf of the ICC Commission on Biosociety Fourth Session of the Intergovernmental Committee (IGC) on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore
  Geneva, Switzerland
  December 9-17, 2002
• Statement by Tom Jacob on behalf of the ICC Commission on Biosociety 
  Open-ended expert working group on capacity-building for access to genetic resources and benefit-sharing
  Montreal, Canada
  2-4 December 2002 
• ICC Paper on WIPO and CBD
  Submission to Third Session of the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore
  Geneva, Switzerland
  June 13-21, 2002
• Should patent applicants disclose the origin of biological materials on which they file patents? Should they demonstrate Prior Informed Consent (PIC) for their use?
  10 April 2002
• TRIPS and the Biodiversity Convention: what conflict?
  28 June 1999