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Traditional knowledge as
intellectual property: the challenges ahead
April 9, 2009
A lecture in the series on Indigenous Peoples' Issues:
International Perspectives & Global Challenges, presented in
co-sponsorship with the Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on
Indigenous Issues. The lecture will be followed by conversations with
the audience.
 more information
A lecture in the series on
Indigenous Peoples' Issues: International Perspectives & Global
Challenges, presented in co-sponsorship with the Secretariat of the
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. The lecture will be followed by
conversations with the audience.
Speakers:
A member of the Maramanindji
people from the north of Australia, Ms. Smallacombe currently works as
a Social Affairs Officer with the Secretariat of the United Nations
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and is based in New York. Her main
area of work is around indigenous issues and the Environment.
Dr. Rama Rao is the
Officer-in-Charge of the World Intellectual Property Organization
(WIPO) Coordination Office in New York. He has been WIPO's
representative to the United Nations since 1998 and undertakes outreach
functions. Previously, Dr. Rao worked with the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of india for nearly twenty five years and became its Chief
Legal Adviser.
Monday, 13 April
4:00 to 5:30 pm
Deutsches Haus
Columbia University
420 West 116th Street
1/2 block East of Amsterdam Ave
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flyer
Australia's
endorsement of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples.
April 8, 2009
On 3 April 2009, Australia endorsed the United Nations Declaration on the
Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
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On 3 April 2009, Australia
endorsed the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous
Peoples.
The three UN mechanisms related
to indigenous peoples' issues have published this statement.
Click here to view the
Australian Government's official statement.
Click here to read the
statement of Mr. Michael Dodson, Rapporteur of the UN Permanent Forum
on Indigenous Issues.
Message stick, Special
Edition: Interview with Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Chairperson of the
Permanent Forum
April 8, 2009
A special edition of the SPFII Newsletter, the Message
Stick is out.
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A special edition of the SPFII
Newsletter, the Message Stick is out.
Click here to read the
Message Stick and to see older issues.
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