WHAT IS OUTSIDE THE COMFORT ZONE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW? - A CONCEPTUAL, PRACTICAL AND SYSTEMIC ANALYSIS OF "GENETIC INFORMATION" AS AN OBJECT OF INTERNATIONAL LAW by Donadio Linares, Luciano M.

“…This article is intended to describe genetic information as an object of study, the state of the international debate and some systemic effects of this discussion on some fundamentals of the contemporary international law, such as the principle of national sovereignty over natural resources. The current debate on access, control and benefit-sharing arising from the use of genetic information presents a situation in which the balance between sovereignty and privatization of natural resources is once again in tension…”
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