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The second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on liability and redress in the context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety opened in Montreal, Canada, on Monday, 20 February 2006. In the morning and afternoon sessions, delegates convened in the Plenary to consider the review of information and analysis of issues and elaboration of options for elements of rules and procedures referred to in Biosafety Protocol Article 27, including effectiveness criteria; functional scope and geographical scope; and the definition of damage.
Above photo L-R: The dais in
consultation during the morning plenary with Dan Ogolla
(CBD) Co-Chair René Lefeber (The Netherlands),
Co-Chair Jimena
Nieto (Colombia), Worku Damena (CBD) and
Rapporteur Maria Mbengashe (South Africa)
PLENARY:
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On
Monday morning, Co-Chair Jimena Nieto ( |
Olivier
Jalbert, speaking on behalf of Ahmed Djoghlaf,
CBD Executive
Secretary, highlighted that the Working Group is
addressing novel aspects of liability and redress and
its deliberations can make an important contribution
to international law. |
Anne
Daniel (Canada) reported on the meeting of the group of legal and
technical experts on liability and redress in the
context of article 14.2 of CBD, held in October 2005,
in Montreal, |
EFFECTIVENESS CRITERIA:
Above photo: Sarah Wynn-Williams (New Zealand) |
The
Above photo: JP Passino (US) |
Above photo: Thomas Loidl (Austria on behalf of the EU) |
FUNCTIONAL SCOPE OF DAMAGE:
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Canada
highlighted that the functional scope should be
consistent with Article 27 and only cover damage
resulting from transport of LMOs, including transit. |
OPTIONAL COMPONENTS FOR GEOGRAPHICAL SCOPE:
Participants also considered optional components for geographical scope focusing on three options identified in the co-chairs’ synthesis: damage caused in areas within the limits of national jurisdiction or control of Parties; damage caused in areas within the limits of national jurisdiction or control of non-Parties; and damage caused in areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction or control of States.
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