Against this backdrop, 117 States ratified the 2010 Nagoya Protocol (“the Protocol”), which grants indigenous peoples two sui generis rights in respect of their traditional knowledge: first, the right to obtain free, prior and informed consent for the use of their traditional knowledge under Article 7, and second, the right to equitably.

Luiz Gustavo Bezerra Maximilien Pallu Recently celebrating the 10th anniversary of its entry into force, the Nagoya Protocol is a supplementary agreement to the Convention on Biological Diversity of 1992, which seeks to facilitate the protection of biodiversity globally.