The Need for an International Legal Concept of Fair and Equitable Benefit Sharing

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5847697
AutoresElisa Morgera (0000-0002-5234-8784, University of Edinburgh, autor de correspondencia)
Año2016
Volumen27
Número2
Páginas353-383
Fecha de publicación2016-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEuropean Journal of International Law (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0938-5428 • E-ISSN: 1464-3596
EditorialOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/ejil/chw014
OpenAlexW2497987375
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas18
Referencias citadas4

This article proposes a concept of 'fair and equitable benefit sharing' deriving from international biodiversity law, international human rights law, and the law of the sea. The concept identifies normative elements that are shared among the international treaties that refer to benefit sharing, comprising the act of sharing; the nature of the benefits to be shared; the activities from which benefit sharing arise; the beneficiaries; and fairness and equity as the rationale for benefit sharing in international law. The concept is not intended to provide a holistic or exhaustive notion of fair and equitable benefit sharing but, rather, to support comparison and generalization with a view to shifting the current investigation from sectoral/technical approaches to the perspective of general international law and the contribution to research in other areas of international law. The proposed conceptualization is thus geared towards the development of a research agenda targeting a variety of international and transnational legal materials, allowing for the appreciation of differences in the context of varying logics of different areas of law

Equity · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Environmental Conservation and Management · Environmental law and policy