Community Consultations: Advocating for the Intellectual Property Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities at the UN Treaty on Genetic Resources & Traditional Knowledge (GRATK Treaty)
Between 12 and 24 May, diplomats from around the world will meet to discuss and finalise the GRATK Treaty against patent-based biopiracy.
A delegation of Plant Activists is attending the GRATK Diplomatic Conference with the Cannabis Embassy (accredited with NGO FAAAT-Forum Drugs Mediterranean).
Ahead of the conference, we want to invite stakeholders from Indigenous and local communities to attend the series of Community Consultations we are hosting throughout this upcoming week.
The goals are to:
- Inform stakeholder communities on the UN & GRATK Treaty process,
- Share advocacy priorities & proposals,
- Generate community-based advocacy strategies in the Treaty process.
You can find the dates and times for the consultations, and registration links:
| #1 FRANÇAIS + ENGLISH | Wednesday 8 May | 16h Ouidah/Rabat/Tunis — 17h Genève/Kigali — 18h Nairobi/Le Caire — 19h Port-Louis | Done |
| #2 ESPAÑOL | Miercoles 8 Mayo | 11h LA — 12h CDMX — 13h Lima/Bogotá — 14h Santiago — 20h Ginebra | Done |
| #3 ESPAÑOL | Jueves 9 de Mayo | 10h Los Angeles — 11h CDMX — 12h Lima/Bogotá — 13h Santiago — 19h Ginebra | Unirse a la reunión |
| #4 FRANÇAIS | Jeudi 9 Mai | 19h Ouidah/Rabat/Tunis — 20h Genève/Kigali — 21h Nairobi/Le Caire — 22h Port-Louis | Rejoindre la réunion |
| #5 ENGLISH | Thursday 9 May (Rarotonga/ LA/ Geneva) Friday 10 May (Perth/ Sydney/ Brisbane/ Auckland/ Suva/ Nuku’alofa) | Thu. 11h Rarotonga — Thu. 14h Los Angeles — Thu. 23h Geneva– – – – –Fri. 5h Perth — Fri. 7h Sydney/Brisbane — Fri. 9h Auckland/Suva — Fri. 10h Nuku’alofa | Join the meeting online (THE LINK HAS CHANGED!) |
The consultations will rely on our Position Paper as a basis for discussion and collection of inputs. The meeting will be recorded only for internal note-taking purposes.
Visit the GRATK portal or read our Blog Article to learn more.
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