Genographic project

Legal commentary on the concept of free, prior and informed consent;

Submitted by FdN on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 16:18
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Agenda Item 5. Standard-setting: (a)

Thank you Mr. Chairman:
Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen:
It is our pleasure to have the opportunity to participate in the Working Group.
This submission is made on behalf of Friends of Peoples close to Nature Germany and a group of students of the University of Lueneburg, Germany.

Indigenous people resist DNA-project

Submitted by FdN on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 13:03
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The ambitious DNA profiling "Genographic project" (See.. http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/genographic) which seeks to retrace the path of human settlement on Earth has been encountering resistance among indigenous people. After a boycott-appeal by the US- American Indigenous Peoples Council on Biocolonialism http://www.ipcb.org, now some Maori and African First Nations have also announced concerns over the project .

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