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Cartagena Protocol - biosafety - meeting on liability and redress

Greenpeace background documents for all Cartagena Protocol meetings on liability and redress.

Background documents

Position paper on Liability and Redress

01 May 2008

Overview of the current text under negotiation on liability and redress under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. Prepared for the Fourth Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Bonn, Germany, 12-16 May, 2008.

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Article 18 Position Paper

01 May 2008

Greenpeace position paper on Article 18 issues: Sampling, detection and the problem of illegal transboundary movements. Prepared for the Fourth Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. Bonn, Germany, 12-16 May, 2008.

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Supplementary Collective Compensation Arrangements: A Fund Mechanism for Damage Caused by LMOs: Need, Function and Structure

01 February 2008

This document addresses basic questions concerning the need for and adoption of a fund mechanism to ensure compensation for victims and restoration of the environment/biodiversity in cases of damage caused by LMOs that cannot be otherwise guaranteed under rules and procedures developed by the Working Group on Liability and Redress. Existing mechanisms, both nationally and internationally are noted, followed by an explanation of basic essential elements of fund mechanisms. The Greenpeace suggested text for the establishment of a fund is then provided. Finally, this document provides options for inclusion of supplementary compensation in the form of a fund mechanism in a comprehensive international regime on liability and redress under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.

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Brief Backgrounder for the Fifth Meeting

01 February 2008

This briefing document sets out some central issues for the fifth meeting to be held in Cartagena from March 12-19. It is accompanied by two more detailed documents: • an analysis and summary table which analyses the Working Draft released in February. The table is an updated version of the table distributed last October, and sets out the issues and suggests some answers, in an effort to clarify the document and the process, and to serve as a resource during the meeting, and • a compilation document, which puts all the suggested optional texts together into one document, so readers can get an overview of the work done so far. Also we refer to the Backgrounder and the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) documents prepared for the Fourth meeting in Montreal.

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Putting it all together: The Preferred Operational Texts Combined

01 February 2008

The following constitutes the texts Greenpeace has suggested in its summary and analysis table for the 5th meeting, combined so delegates can see what the whole document may look like at present.

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Analysis and Summary Table for the 5th Meeting: Explanation and Reconciliation of Revised Working Draft: Recommendations and Suggested Text

01 February 2008

This table is offered to assist delegates for the fifth meeting in March to help delegates to find relevant text in the new Revised Working Draft, to view proposed solutions and texts, and to update the previous Greenpeace table prepared for the 4th meeting in October. The table is based on the Revised Working Draft and the revised blueprint which is reproduced in an Annex to the Working Draft as well as the Annotated Agenda. It also refers to the final report from the 4th meeting.

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Analysis and Summary of Annexes I and II for the 4th Biosafety Liability and Redress Meeting

17 October 2007

This table is offered to assist delegates for the fourth meeting in October, 1 to help delegates to find relevant text in the Annexes, to view proposed solutions and texts, and to reconcile the Annexes with the Greenpeace draft Protocol.2

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Cartagena Protocol - Suggested text - July 2007

17 October 2007

Suggested Text for Protocol on Liability and Redress for Damage Resulting from Transboundary Movements of Living Modified Organisms to the Convention on Biological Diversity

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Cartagena Protocol Frequently Asked Questions

17 October 2007

This document sets out some frequently asked questions which arise in the context of the liability and redress discussions. The questions reference the synthesis released in September.

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2007 Backgrounder on the Biosafety Liability and Redress Discussions

17 October 2007

This document sets out some central strategic issues and provides some background on the liability negotiations, in the lead-up to the Fourth Meeting in October. It is intended to supplement the 'Essential elements of a Biosafety Liability Regime' that Greenpeace distributed in May 2005 and February 2006.

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