Senior Researchers

Philippe CULLET
Patricia KAMERI-MBOTE
Usha RAMANATHAN

Books by P. Cullet

The Sardar Sarovar Dam Project: Selected Documents
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Intellectual Property Protection and Sustainable Development
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Hindi translation [more info]

Differential Treatment
in International Environmental Law
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Key Materials in International Environmental Law
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Droit international de l'environnement: Textes de base et références
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philippe cullet

Dr Philippe Cullet is a Reader in Law at the School of Oriental and African Studies – University of London (SOAS) where he teaches law related to the environment, natural resources and intellectual property. He is a Founding Director and the Programme Director for Europe of IELRC.

He studied law at the University of Geneva and King’s College London (LLM). He received an MA in development studies from SOAS and went on to receive his doctoral degree in international environmental law from Stanford Law School, Stanford University.

His current research interests include different fields in the area of environment and natural resource law, including biodiversity, biosafety, equity, global warming, water as well as human rights, international law and the socio-economic aspects of intellectual property protection.

He is the author of Differential Treatment in International Environmental Law (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2003), Intellectual Property and Sustainable Development (New Delhi: Butterworths, 2005) [translation in Hindi published in 2008)], the editor of The Sardar Sarovar Dam Project: Selected Documents (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007) and the co-editor of two compilations of international environmental documents, Key Materials in International Environmental Law (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2004) and Droit international de l'environnement: Textes de base et références (London: Kluwer Law International, 1998). He is currently writing Water, Law and Development in the context of Water Sector Reforms in India (Oxford: Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2009). He is also the author of a great number of journal articles and book chapters (for further details, see below).

Dr Cullet is also the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Law, Environment and Development Journal (LEAD Journal), a peer-reviewed academic journal jointly published by IELRC and SOAS.

Academic Publications Please note this list only includes journal articles and book chapters written alone. For further details, please see the list of books on the left hand side and our publications page for a full listing of publications by Dr Cullet.

Liability and Redress for Human-Induced Global Warming - Towards an International Regime
source:	43A Stanford Journal of International Law (2007), p. 99-121.
date:	2007
publication:	academic
	abstract	full text	size 111 [KB]


Human Rights and Intellectual Property Protection in the TRIPS Era
source:	29/2 Human Rights Quarterly (2007), p. 403-30
date:	2007
publication:	academic
	abstract	full text	size 383 [KB]


The Sardar Sarovar Dam Project: An Overview
source:	P. Cullet ed., Sardar Sarovar Dam Project: Selected Documents (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007), p.1-40
date:	2007
publication:	academic
	abstract	full text	size 330 [KB]


Liability and Redress for Modern Biotechnology
source:	15 Yearbook of International Environmental Law (2006), p. 165
date:	2006
publication:	academic
	abstract	full text	size 106 [KB]


Water Law Reforms - Analysis of Recent Developments
source:	48/2 Journal of the Indian Law Institute (2006), p. 206-231
date:	2006
publication:	academic
	abstract	full text	size 77 [KB]


Agricultural Genetic Engineering, International Law and Development
source:	46/3 Indian Journal of International Law 388 (2006)
date:	2006
publication:	academic
	abstract	full text	size 83 [KB]


Monsanto v Schmeiser: A Landmark Decision concerning Farmer Liability and Transgenic Contamination
source:	17 Journal of Environmental Law (2005), p. 83
date:	2005
publication:	academic
	abstract	full text	size 170 [KB]


Seeds Regulation, Food Security and Sustainable Development
source:	40/32 Economic & Political Weekly (6 August 2005)
date:	2005
publication:	academic
	abstract	full text	size 360 [KB]


Intellectual Property Rights and Food Security in the South
source:	7/3 Journal of World Intellectual Property (2004), p.261
date:	2004
publication:	academic
	abstract	full text	size 86 [KB]


Liability and GMOs: Towards a Redress Regime in Biosafety Protocol
source:	39/7 Economic & Political Weekly (2004), p. 615
date:	2004
publication:	academic
	abstract	full text	size 45 [KB]


Patents and Medicines: The Relationship Between TRIPS and the Human Right to Health
source:	79 International Affairs (2003), p.139
date:	2003
publication:	academic
	abstract	full text	size 100 [KB]


The Desertification Convention
source:	UNESCO, Knowledge for Sustainable Development (Oxford: EOLSS Publishers, 2002)
date:	2002
publication:	academic
	abstract	full text	size 186 [KB]


Amended Patents Act and Access to Medicines after Doha
source:	37/24 Economic and Political Weekly (2002), p. 2278
date:	2002
publication:	academic
	abstract	full text	size 43 [KB]


Property Rights Regimes over Biological Resources – India’s Proposed Legislative Framework
source:	4 Journal of World Intellectual Property (2001), p. 211
date:	2001
publication:	academic
	abstract	full text	size 292 [KB]


Plant Variety Protection in Africa: Towards Compliance with the TRIPS Agreement
source:	45/1 Journal of African Law (2001), p. 97
date:	2001
publication:	academic
	abstract	full text	size 155 [KB]


Human Rights and Displacement: The Indian Supreme Court Decision on Sardar Sarovar in International Perspective
source:	50 International and Comparative Law Quarterly (2001), p. 973
date:	2001
publication:	academic
	abstract	full text	size 59 [KB]


Property Rights Regimes over Biological Resources
source:	19 Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy (2001), p. 651
date:	2001
publication:	academic
	abstract	full text	size 335 [KB]


Patents Bill, TRIPS and the Right to Health
source:	36/43 Economic and Political Weekly (2001), p. 4049
date:	2001
publication:	academic
	abstract	full text	size 46 [KB]


Revision of the TRIPS Agreement Concerning the Protection of Plant Varieties: Lessons from India Concerning the Development of a Sui Generis System
source:	2 Journal of World Intellectual Property (1999), p. 617
date:	1999
publication:	academic
	abstract	full text	size 523 [KB]


Differential Treatment in International Law: Towards a new Paradigm of Inter-State Relations
source:	10 European Journal of International Law (1999), p. 549
date:	1999
publication:	academic
	abstract	full text	size 285 [KB]


Equity and Flexibility Mechanisms in the Climate Change Regime: Conceptual and Pratical Issues
source:	8/2 Review of European Community and International Environmental Law (1999), p. 168
date:	1999
publication:	academic
	abstract	full text	size 228 [KB]


Definition of an environmental right in a human rights context
source:	13 Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights (1995), p. 25
date:	1995
publication:	academic
	abstract	full text	size 371 [KB]

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Senior Researchers

Books by P. Cullet

philippe cullet

Academic Publications

Liability and Redress for Human-Induced Global Warming - Towards an International Regime

Human Rights and Intellectual Property Protection in the TRIPS Era

The Sardar Sarovar Dam Project: An Overview

Liability and Redress for Modern Biotechnology

Water Law Reforms - Analysis of Recent Developments

Agricultural Genetic Engineering, International Law and Development

Monsanto v Schmeiser: A Landmark Decision concerning Farmer Liability and Transgenic Contamination

Seeds Regulation, Food Security and Sustainable Development

Intellectual Property Rights and Food Security in the South

Liability and GMOs: Towards a Redress Regime in Biosafety Protocol

Patents and Medicines: The Relationship Between TRIPS and the Human Right to Health

The Desertification Convention

Amended Patents Act and Access to Medicines after Doha

Property Rights Regimes over Biological Resources – India’s Proposed Legislative Framework

Plant Variety Protection in Africa: Towards Compliance with the TRIPS Agreement

Human Rights and Displacement: The Indian Supreme Court Decision on Sardar Sarovar in International Perspective

Property Rights Regimes over Biological Resources

Patents Bill, TRIPS and the Right to Health

Revision of the TRIPS Agreement Concerning the Protection of Plant Varieties: Lessons from India Concerning the Development of a Sui Generis System

Differential Treatment in International Law: Towards a new Paradigm of Inter-State Relations

Equity and Flexibility Mechanisms in the Climate Change Regime: Conceptual and Pratical Issues

Definition of an environmental right in a human rights context