UArctic Chair Kamrul Hossain gave a keynote speech on protecting Indigenous peoples' traditional knowledge
The UArctic Chair in Arctic Legal Research and Education, Professor Kamrul Hossain, was invited by the Mrinalini Datta Mohavidyapith, an affiliated college of the West Bengal State University, as a keynote speaker in the conference entitled "Intellectual Property Rights: Issues and Challenges".
The conference was held on 19 June 2023 and jointly organized by the Mrinalini Datta Mohavidyapith in collaboration with Rishi Bankim Chandra College, Noihati.
At the Conference, prof. Hossain spoke on protecting Indigenous peoples' Traditional Knowledge, highlighting the challenges within the existing IPR regime. He suggested the interplay of traditional knowledge within the framework of biodiversity and human rights regimes, concluding that a meaningful implementation of human rights can be an avenue for protecting indigenous peoples' traditional knowledge rights as part of a right to profess and practice culture.