PHOENIX Erasmus +: Erasmus Mundus

Research topic:

In 2002, the Peruvian government enacted the law 27811 devoted to "the protection of indigenous traditional knowledge associated with biological resources. " This was based on the 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity in which traditional knowledge protection related to biological resources is regarded under an intellectual property rights perspective. Focusing mostly on contracts about genetic resources, the Colombian government established legal regulation of traditional knowledge under several different laws. My doctoral research aims to analyse this legislation in the case of traditional knowledge related to medicinal plants by considering, on the one hand, the legal tools implemented to protect traditional knowledge and fight "biopiracy" and, on the other, the role played by different actors: States, indigenous communities, pharmaceutical companies, public and private institutions and scientific communities.

Key words: Medicinal plants, intellectual property rights, traditional knowledge.

Academic Degree/Area:

• 2012 -              PHD Santé, Populations et Politiques Sociales
  Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales EHESS (Paris)
  Erasmus Mundus Phoenix
  Thesis: Protecting by classifying: databases and other legal tools devoted to the protection of traditional knowledge associated with medicinal plants in Peru and Colombia           
  
• 2009 - 2011    Mestrado em Políticas de Bem Estar em Perspectiva: Evolução, Conceitos e Actores.
  Evora University (Portugal)
  Master of Social Science in Health and Society
  Linköping University (Sweden)
  Phoenix EM : Dynamics of Health and Welfare
  Erasmus Mundus Master( Double degree )
  Dissertation: Analysis of health policies for indigenous people in Colombia. The state's priorities and effectiveness of the concept of affirmative Mention: Excellent
• 2008 - 2009    Master Social Sciences
  Santé, Populations, Politiques Sociales
  Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales EHESS  Paris
  Dissertation: la législation sur la médicine traditionnelle en Colombie
  Mention: bien
• 2001 - 2003    Administrative law and public institutions in Colombia
  Specialisation
  National University of Bogotá (Colombia)
• 1994 - 1999    Lawyer
  National University of Bogota (Colombia)