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informed consent
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informed consent

Consent given after being provided with fair and full disclosure of all the facts necessary to make an intelligent decision after weighing the relative pros and cons of the situation and the possibility of realistic alternatives.Real estate agents may sometimes represent both buyers and sellers in the same transaction if all parties agree after informed consent.



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9789041128218 Prior informed consent and hazardous trade; regulating trade in hazardous goods at the intersection of sovereignty, free trade and environmental protection.
ABSTRACT In the global fight against biopiracy, one of the key issues is to prevent the grant and exploitation of patents on traditional knowledge and genetic resources by requiring that patent applicants for inventions involving traditional knowledge and genetic resources disclose the source of those resources and provide evidence that the prior informed consent of the local owners of such resources has been obtained and that benefit-sharing agreements have been entered into with those owners.
The convention's Prior Informed Consent list currently includes 39 hazardous substances, including all other forms of asbestos.
 
 
 
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