Fair and Equitable Benefit-Sharing in International Law

Morgera's topical and comprehensive analysis reveals opportunities to advance fairness and equity in benefit-sharing through a mutually supportive interpretation of international biodiversity law and international human rights law.

Elisa Morgera is Professor of Global Environmental Law at the University of Strathclyde Law School, Glasgow. She is also the Director of the UKRI GCRF One Ocean Hub, which is an international interdisciplinary research collaboration that has partnered with various UN agencies in pioneering research on human rights and the marine environment. She specializes in international biodiversity law and international human rights law, with a focus on the human right to a healthy environment, the human right to science, the human rights of Indigenous peoples and small-scale fishing communities, and business responsibility to respect human rights. Her study of fair and equitable benefit-sharing spans more than twenty years and includes contributions to the Convention on Biological Diversity, the World Health Organization, and the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment.