Balancing Intellectual Property Protection with the Human Right to a Healthy Environment - Internal and External Reconciliation Approaches

Balancing Intellectual Property Protection with the Human Right to a Healthy Environment - Internal and External Reconciliation Approaches Izyumenko, Elena Author aut Text xx# 2025 Verfassungsblog 2025-04-25 eng This contribution examines the practical ways in which the human right to a healthy environment (HR2HE) can influence the development and interpretation of intellectual property (IP) laws. It focuses on two potential approaches to reconciling this human right with IP: (1) the so-called “internal” reconciliation approach, which essentially uses the HR2HE as an interpretive tool to recalibrate IP law’s own internal rules and mechanisms in a more sustainability-friendly direction, and (2) the “external” reconciliation approach, which views the HR2HE as an independent defence against IP infringement actions that can be invoked in courts to challenge allegations of IP infringement. CC BY-SA 4.0 Izyumenko, Elena Intellectual Property 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/balancing-intellectual-property-protection-with-the-human-right-to-a-healthy-environment/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.59704/548c0b27fefa9298 250425 10.59704/548c0b27fefa9298 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)