Tag: OAPI

Geneva Act of WIPO’s Lisbon Agreement Has a New Member: OAPI

20 December, 2022 News

On 15 December, 2022, the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) acceded to the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement. With OAPI’s accession, the Geneva Act covers all 17 OAPI …

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Mapping Africa’s Complex Regimes: Towards an African Centred AfCFTA Intellectual Property, (IP), Protocol

5 January, 2021 Intellectual Property

Titilayo Adebola Abstract This article breaks new ground by advancing the first comprehensive mapping and analysis of the fragmented intellectual property (IP) architecture in Africa in light of the …

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The world’s farmers produce enough food to feed more than the global population yet, hunger persists. Around 733 million people are facing hunger in the world due to repeated weather shocks, conflicts, economic downturns, inequality, and the pandemic. This impacts the poor and vulnerable most severely, many of whom are agricultural households, reflecting widening inequalities across and within countries.

Food is the third most basic human need after air and water – everyone should have the right to adequate food. Human rights such as the right to food, life and liberty, work and education are recognised by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and two legally binding international covenants.

Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO).