Domestic Policy Options: International Trends in Liability and Redress

The current paper analysis liability regime under Article 27 of Biosafety protocol and compare it with emerging alternatives like Africa model law and safety in biotechnology and Swiss Gene Biotechnology Law apart from other initiatives from EU and few others countries. The paper recommends that liability regime is require at both domestic and internation level within the exsiting environmental and redress treaties with specific focus on modern biotechnology. Several developing countries including India would have to make major legislative efforts to workout the nuances for such a regime.