[Research Workshop] The Human Right to a Healthy Environment: What Impact on Intellectual Property Laws?’

On 4 December 2024, Dr. Elena Izyumenko and Eva Meyermans Spelmans will organise a research workshop on 'The Human Right to a Healthy Environment: What Impact on Intellectual Property Laws?’ Leading scholars and legal practitioners will share their insights on different aspects of the human right to a healthy environment as well as the varying relationships between this right and the different types of intellectual property protection.

This workshop will explore the tension between IP laws and the emerging human right to a healthy environment, addressing the obstacles posed by IP holders to sustainable business models. By adopting a human rights law perspective, the workshop seeks to analyse how IP frameworks might better align with sustainability objectives and support a transition to a just and environmentally conscious economy.

Key topics will inclide:

• The roles of sustainability, environmental protection, and environmental human rights in current linear economies
• IP laws' impact on the right to a healthy environment
• Strategies for reconciling sustainability and the human right to a healthy environment with intellectual property protection

The workshop will be hosted by the Institute for Information Law (IViR) at Amsterdam University and will be organised in a hybrid format (onsite at IViR and on Zoom).

Sign up here to secure a spot.