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The Regime Complex for Plant Genetic Resources: An Overview

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2017

David G. Victor*
Affiliation:
Program on Energy & Sustainable Development

Abstract

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Type
The Global Conflict Over Genetic Resources
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2003

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References

1 See Kal Raustiala & David G. Victor, The Regime Complex for Plant Genetic Resources (2003), working paper # 14, available at <http://pesd.stanford.edu>.

2 International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants, Dec. 2, 1961, 34 UNTS 815, 45.

3 U.N.F.A.O. Res. 8/83, U.N.F.A.O., 22nd Session, Nov. 5-23,1983

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11 For example, human rights treaties typically create a new set of specialized institutions to review implementation and sometimes to hear cases; similarly, every major international environmental negotiation since the Montreal Protocol in 1987 has created new international institutions.

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