This webinar examined the links between farmers’ rights (as established in Article 9 of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture – ITPGRFA) and related international treaties alongside the right to food and gender perspectives on farmers’ rights.
Please see the video recording below.
Moderator
Ms Titilayo Adebola: Associate Director, Centre for Commercial Law, University of Aberdeen and Senior Advisor, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food.
Panelists
Ms Regine Andersen: Research Director for Biodiversity and Natural Resources, Fridtjof Nansen Institute (FNI), Norway.
Mr Michael Fakhri: The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food.
Ms Susannah Chapman: Research Fellow, the University of Queensland.
Ms Yolanda Huerta: Legal Counsel, International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants.
Ms Isabel Lopez Noriega: Policy and Legal Specialist – Scientist, Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture.
Mr James Gathii: Wing Tat-Lee Chair of International Law and Professor of Law, Loyola University of Chicago.
Date: 16 September 2020. Time: 3.00 pm to 5.00 pm (Rome).
