AFSA's comments on ARIPO's responses to Civil Society on Draft ARIPO Legal Framework on Plant Variety Protection

African civil society & AFSA have made several submissions to ARIPO detailing its many concerns with the content of the Draft Legal Framework on PVP, which is based on UPOV 1991, and the bias and lack of transparency in the processes leading to the finalization of the Draft ARIPO Legal Framework on Plant Variety Protection. Most recently AFSA submitted detailed comments to ARIPO's responses to civil society.

AFSA’s Comments on ARIPO’s Response to Civil Society on Draft Legal Framework for Plant Variety Protection, March 2014

Submission by African CSOs to ARIPO on its Draft PVP Law and Policies, November 2012