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community protocol
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recognition of
BCP
Panama
• Law No. 20 of 26 June 2000, on the special intellectual property
regime upon collective rights of indigenous communities,
for the protection of their cultural identities and traditional
knowledge, and whereby set forth other provisions, Art. 1, Art.
2, Art. 3, 4, 5 & 6)
*(Romero, 2005, p. 321).
Executive Decree No. 12 of 20 March 2001, Regulating Law No.
20 of 26 June 2000, Art. 3
*(Tonye, 2003, p. 171);
*(International Institute for Environment and Development, n.d.).
*(see De Obaldia, 2005 for a comprehensive study; also see
Lixinski, 2013, p. 123).
•
Law No. 7 of 22 June 2016 Establishing the Protection of
Knowledge of Indigenous Traditional Medicine, Art. 16; also see
Art. 18; Art. 20; Art. 13; Art. 26 protects; Art. 23; Art. 22; Art. 20)
• Executive Decree No. 19 of 24 March 2019 Regulating Access
to and Control of the Use of Biological and Genetic Resources
in the Republic of Panama