Self-Spreading Biotechnology and International Law Prevention, Responsibility, and Liability in a Transboundary Context

• Main Author: Beck, Felix (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Baden-Baden Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG 2022
• Series: Beiträge zum ausländischen öffentlichen Recht und Völkerrecht Band 316
• Subjects: LBB; Biodiversity Compact, Biotechnologie, Cartagena-Protokoll, gene drives, Genomeditierung, Gewohnheitsrecht, living modified organisms, Malaria, Nagoya/Kuala-Lumpur-Haftungsprotokoll, Rechtsquellen des Völkerrechts, selbstausbreitende Biotechnologie, soft law, Staatenverantwortlichkeit, völkerrechtliche Verantwortlichkeit und Haftung beim grenzüberschreitenden Einsatz von Biotechnologie Völkerrechtliche Verträge, Cartagena Protocol, Convention on Biological Diversity, Genome Editing, HEGAAs, International Law, Liability, Prevention, State Responsibility, Transboundary Harm
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Who is liable if self-spreading biotechnology causes transboundary harm? With engineered gene drives and similar techniques, the genes of wild-living species, pathogens, and crop plants can soon be modified directly in the environment. This might help address pressing public health, environmental, a...