Professor Konstantia Koutouki teaches graduate-level courses in common law, as well as advanced international law. Her research looks at the links between international business, intellectual property and protecting the environment. She has extensive expertise in international law as it relates to sustainable development, more specifically, the social, economic and cultural development of local and aboriginal communities, as well as the preservation of natural spaces and ancient knowledge, in particular, as it concerns traditional medicine and agriculture. As an invited professor and researcher, Konstantia Koutouki has visited local and aboriginal communities around the world. She is also the main resource for natural resources at the McGill University Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL).

K. Koutouki, W. Garnons-Williams, From Common Wealth to Shared Assets: UNDRIP, ILO 169 and     Economic Development of Indigenous Communities, Cambridge University Press,

M. Cadogan, K. Koutouki, “Évolution des cas relatifs à la propriété intellectuelle en 2019 et implications pour l'avenir des droits de propriété intellectuelle dans le monde” (2020) Les cahiers de propriété intellectuelle, forthcoming

H. Arjjumend, K. Koutouki, “Groundwater Crisis in India and Relevant Water Governance in the Making” (2020) 26(6) The Journal of Water Law forthcoming

H. Arjjumend, K. Koutouki “A Qualitative Assessment of Domestic Policies Guiding the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits from Utilization of Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge held by Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities” (2020), 3 (1) International Journal of Law and Public Administration, 55-76

K. Koutouki, K. Lofts, “Cannabis, Reconciliation and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Prospects and Challenges for Cannabis Legalization in Canada” (2019) 56 (3) Alberta Law Review, 709-728

H. Arjjumend, K. Koutouki, “Legal History of Water Management: Should the Traditional Water Harvesting Regime be Revived?” (2019) 49(6) Environmental Policy & Law, 363-378

M. Hétu, K. Koutouki and Y. Joly, “Genomics for All: Interantional Open       Science Genomics Projects and Capacity Building in the Developing World” (2019) 10     Frontiers in Genetics,  https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2019.00095

H. Arjjumend, K. Koutouki,  “The Groundwater Crisis in India and Relevant Water Governance in the Making”  (2019) The Journal of Water Law, forthcoming

K. Koutouki, K. Lofts and G. Davidian, “A Rights-Based Approach to Indigenous Women and Gender Inequities in Resource Development in Northern Canada” (2018) Review of European Community & International Environmental Law, 63-74

H. Arjjumend and K. Koutouki, H. G. Fagan, S. Shibata, “International Overview of Sacred Sites and Indigenous and Community Conserved Areas (ICCAs) and the Need for Their Recognition” (2018) Journal of Global Environmental Studies, 33-56

C. Alexandre, K. Koutouki, “No Way Home for the Chagossians: Law and Power Politics” (2018) 25 International Journal on Minority and Group Rights 1-35

H. Arjjumend, K. Koutouki “Science of Biopesticides and Critical Analysis of Indian Legal Frameworks Regulating Biocontrol Agents”, (2018) 11(3) International Journal of Agriculture, Environment and Biotechnology, 563-571.

K. Koutouki, “Crimes Against Future Inuit Generations: Heavy Metals and Persistent Organic Pollutants” (2017) 20 Australian Indigenous Law Review, 243-263

H. Arjjumend, K. Koutouki, S. Alam and T. Koivurova “The Space for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities: Participation in Policymaking and Benefit Sharing Negotiations” (2017) 21:4 World Affairs: Journal of International Issues, 56-72

M. Hétu, Y. Joly and K. Koutouki, “Measuring the Performance of International Genomic Research Projects in Fostering Genomic Capacity in the Developing World” (2017) 36: 4 New Genetics and Society 315 - 335

P. Watts, K. Koutouki, S. Booth and S. Blum “Inuit Food Security in Canada: Arctic Marine Ethnoecology” (2017) 9:3 Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food 421–440

H. Arjjumend, K. Koutouki and S. Alam, "Evolution of International Governance of Biodiversity" (2016) 3 Journal of Global Resources 1-15

J. Djemba Kandjo and K. Koutouki, "La nécessité d’associer la biopiraterie à la criminalité environnementale pour une protection efficace de la biodiversité en droit international" (2016) 49.2 Revue Criminologie 195-214

K. Koutouki, P. Watts, S. Booth, "The Canadian Arctic Marine Ecological Footprint and Free Prior Informed Consent: Making the Case for Indigenous Public Participation through Inclusive Education" (2015) 24.2 Review of European Community & International Environmental Law 160-170

C. Alexandre, K. Koutouki, "Les déplacés des Chagos. Retour sur la lutte de ces habitants pour récupérer leur terre ancestrale" (2014) 27.2 Revue Québécoise de Droit International 1-26

K. Koutouki and D. Farget, "Contemporary Regulation of Public Policy Participation of the Saami and Roma: A Truncated Process" (2012) 19 The International Journal on Minority and Group Rights 427-451

K. Koutouki, N. Matip and S. Kwembo, "La protection des variétés végétales en Afrique de l’ouest et Centrale" (2011) 41 Revue de droit de l'Université de Sherbrooke 133-158

K. Koutouki, "A Legal Placebo: The Role of International Patent Law in the Protection of Indigenous Traditional Knowledge of Medicinal Plants" (2010) 26 Canadian Intellectual Property Review 19-43

N. Matip and K. Koutouki, "Cameroun: Une analyse juridique de la mutation constitutionnelle du 10 avril 2008" (2009) Revue d’Études Francophones sur l’État de Droit et la Démocratie 30-40

K. Koutouki and N. Lyons, " Canadian Inuit Speak to Climate Change: Inuit Perceptions on the Adaptability of Land Claims Agreements to Accommodate Environmental Change" (2009) 27 Wisconsin International Law Journal 516-542

N. Matip, K. Koutouki and S. Kwembo, "Les flexibilités de l’ADPIC  sont elles bien mises en œuvre  par les pays de l’OAPI  dans le sens d’une meilleure efficacité de leur législation?" (2009) 2 Revue Africaine de la Propriété Intellectuelle 15-26

N. Matip, and K. Koutouki, "La protection juridique du folklore dans les états membres de l’organisation africaine de la propriété intellectuelle" (2008) 21.1 Revue Québécoise de Droit International 243-265

K. Koutouki. “Reconsidering Copyright Protection for Software” (1999) 48 UNB LJ, 95-118

K. Koutouki, “Human Rights: The Benefits of Information Technology” (1999) 48 UNB LJ, 275-283

K. Koutouki, and H. Mercer, “Chapter 19: Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)/Articles 8(j) & 10(c)” in Jorge Cabrera and Frederic Perron-Welch, Legal Aspects of Implementing the Convention on Biological Diversity, Cambridge University Press, 2020,  forthcoming

K. Lofts, and K. Koutouki, “Climate Change-related Ecohealth Considerations for Impact Assessments in the Canadian Arctic ” in S. Atapattu, C. Gonzalez and S. Seck, The Cambridge Handbook on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Development, Cambridge University Press, 2019,  forthcoming

K. Koutouki, and H. Arjjumend, "Intellectual Property Rights, Biopiracy and the Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol” , in M. Goudreau and M.A. Wilkinson, New Paradigms in the Protection of Inventiveness, Data and Signs: Changing Perceptions of the Role of Intellectual Property, Yvon Blais, 2019, 69-88

F Phillips, F., and Koutouki, K. (2019). “International Law and Marine Ecosystem Governance: The Climate Change Nexus.” In P. Harris (Ed.), Climate Change and Ocean Governance: Politics and Policy for Threatened Seas (pp. 307-324). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108502238.019

H. Arjjumend, K. Koutouki and A. Getman, “Ukrainian Legislation for Safeguarding the Agroecosystems and Environmental Health: The Challenges Ahead”, (2017) Kharkiv International Legal Forum on Law and Problems of Sustainable Development in Globalized World proceedings shttp://dspace.nlu.edu.ua/bitstream/123456789/15286/1/Arjjumend_Koiutouki_Getman_3-17.pdf

K. Koutouki and Paula Honorato Marin, "The Use of GMOs in Chile and the Protection of Indigenous Culture" in Legal Aspects of Implementing the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger, Frederic Perron-Welch and Christine Frison (Eds), (2013) Cambridge University Press 433-444

K. Koutouki, “The Tradition of Regenerative Agriculture in Indigenous Nations and Prospects for Indigenous Nations in Canada to Participate in the Food Production Sector” (2017) in Canadian Council on Aboriginal Business Report on Agriculture and Aboriginal Business

K. Koutouki, “Canada Has an Obligation to Promote Rights of Indigenous Peoples in NAFTA” (2017) NAFTA and the Knowledge Economy Series, Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) https://www.cigionline.org/articles/canada-has-obligation-promote-rights-indigenous-peoples-nafta, 1500 words

K. Koutouki and F. Perron-Welch, "Responsabilité sociale des entreprises et la mise en œuvre du Protocole de Nagoya" (2016) 101 Journal Liaison Énergie-Francophonie, 67-72

A. Manirabona and K. Koutouki. “Introduction: La criminalité environnementale” (2016) 49.2 Revue Criminologie, 5-14

K. Koutouki, “Les Inuit face au changement climatique: un défi pour le droit international” (2014) Droit Montréal, 17-19

Equitable Origin, EO100 Standard Guidance, (2013) Equitable Origin LLC., 98 pg

K. Koutouki and Katharina Rogalla Von Bieberstein, "The Nagoya Protocol: Sustainable Access and Benefits-Sharing for Indigenous and Local Communities" (2012) 13 Vermont Journal of Environmental Law, 513-535

N. Matip and K. Koutouki, "Cameroun: Une analyse juridique de la mutation constitutionnelle du 10 avril 2008" (2009) Institute for Security Studies Africa: Situation Report, 1-11

K. Koutouki and Nicole Matip, "Fédéralisme et l’environnement: Le cas des OGM au Canada" (2009) 39 Revue juridique de l’Université Libre de Bruxelles, 419-440

Manirabona A. and K. Koutouki (eds), Criminalité environnmentale, (2016) 49.2 Revue Criminologie

2018                               Arjjumend, H. and Konstantia Koutouki (2018), “Science of Biopesticides and Critical analysis of Indian legal frameworks regulating biocontrol agents”, paper accepted in 9^th International Congress of Environmental Research, 8-10 February 2018, Gwalior, India

Arjjumend, H. and Konstantia Koutouki (2018), “Involvement of Indigenous People in Monitoring of Access to Genetic Resources under International and National Access and Benefit Sharing Laws”, Paper presented in 2018 Biannual Conference of the Commission on Legal Pluralism, Ottawa, Canada, August 22-24, 2018.

2019                               K. Lofts, K. Koutouki, and A. Harrington. (2019) “Inventory of TEK Projects and Engagement in Canada”, Commission for Environmental Cooperation (NAFTA), 116 pages.

                                        K. Lofts, K. Koutouki, and A. Harrington, (2019) “

La protection des espèces en    péril sur les terrains privés : Étude des approches juridiques et politiques au Canada et aux États-Unis” Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs du Québec, 323 pages.

2018                                 K. Koutouki, C. Voigt, F. Perron-Welch and E. Kassongo, (2018) “Rules and Practices of International Law for the Sustainable Management of Forests” 2018 ILA Sydney Biennial Conference, 15 pages.                       

Policy Inputs

Koutouki, K., & Phillips, F.-K. (2016). SDG 14 on Ensuring Conservation and Sustainable Use of Oceans and Marine Resources: Contributions of International Law, Policy and Governance. Nairobi: UNEP 2016

F-K Phillips, C. Campbell-Duruflé, K. Koutouki, “Comment on Canada’s Federal Sustainable Development Strategy” submitted 2016 Canadian Federal Government

P Reynauld et al., "Legal Empowerment of the Poor for Sustainable Livelihoods: Towards the Elaboration of a Canadian Agenda for Change" Submitted 2011, UNDP

2010-2020

2020  Développement économique mené par les communautés et savoirs traditionnels autochtones (sol vivant, cannabis), Atelier pratique ISDE/CIPPI sur la propriété intellectuelle et les savoirs et expressions culturelles autochtones, Organisé par le Centre des politiques en propriété intellectuelle de l’Université McGill (CIPPI) et Innovation, Science et Développement économiques Canada (ISDE) et avec la participation du Musée des Beaux Arts de Montréal (MBAM), McGill University, Montréal, QC

2019      Impact of International Environmental Law on Women, Workshop on Gender and Equality: Impacts and Opportunities in International Law and Governance, CIGI, Ottawa, ON

Women and Intellectual Property Creation, Workshop on Domestic and International Law and Policy on Clean Technology, CIGI, Ottawa, ON

UN Sustainable Development, Environmental Responsibility and Indigenous Trade International Inter-tribal Trade Mission and Conference, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA

2018  Substantive & Procedural Environmental Human Rights in specific MEAs: Biodiversity Convention, University of Eastern Finland (UEF) - United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) Course on Multilateral Environmental Agreements, Joensuu, Finland

Substantive & Procedural Environmental Human Rights in specific MEAs: Minimata Convention, University of Eastern Finland (UEF) - United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) Course on Multilateral Environmental Agreements, Joensuu, Finland

The Economics of Indigenous Environmental Human Rights Defenders, University of Eastern Finland (UEF) - United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) Course on Multilateral Environmental Agreements, Joensuu, Finland

Cultural Appropriation as Continued Colonization, Perspectives on Cultural Appropriation, McGill University, Montréal, QC

Sustainable Development Solutions from the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Indigenous Treaties - Experts Panel, Moderator, Keeping Commitments on Global Sustainability: Innovative International Instruments for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

Sustainable Management of Forests, Sustainability, Natural Resources and International Law, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

Ocean Health and the SDG’s: A sustainable way forward, National Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) for the SDGs, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

Climate Change related Ecohealth considerations for EIA in Inuit Territories, Law at the Crossroads: Le Droit À La Croisée Des Chemins,  2018 Joint Meeting of the Law and Society Association and the Canadian Law and Society Association, Toronto, ON

Les connaissances traditionnelles des Autochtones : la fondation d'une économie durable pour les Peuples autochtones at L’appropriation culturelle et les peuples autochtones : entre protection du patrimoine et liberté de création, UQAM, Montréal, QC

2017 Recherche sur terrain en droit, Les innovations en enseignement, en recherche et mixtes, SQDI, Montréal, QC

Sino-Canada Economic & Trade Cooperation: New opportunities, Key Fields and Legal Protection, Respondant, Canada-China Law Conference, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC

Ethical and Professionalism Issues in the Practice of International Law, moderator, Canadian Council on International Law, Ottawa, ON

Indigenous Participation in a New NAFTA, Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) to the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) Experts Forum, Chicago, IL

Protection of Indigenous Agroecology as a Precondition to Environmental Rights, The Struggle for Social and Environmental Rights, Bishop’s University, Lennoxville, QC

Protecting Indigenous Traditional Knowledge in NAFTA 2.0, Indigenous Bar Association Annual Meeting, Halifax, NS

Back to the Future: Indigenous Rights and Section 25, The Canadian Confederation: past, present and future, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC

IP in the Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol, 2017 Canadian IP Scholars’ Workshop: New Paradigms in the Protection of Inventiveness, Data and Signs: Changing Perceptions of the Role of Intellectual Property, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON

Agroécologie et le droit international de l’environnement, Groupe de recherche sur les Stratégies et les Acteurs de la Gouvernance Environnementale, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC

2016  Mainstreaming Biodiverstity Laws in Forestry and Agriculture in Canada: The Role of Indigenous Peoples’ Rights, Mainstreaming Biodiversity for Well Being, Convention on Biological Diversity Conference of the Parties (COP 13), Cancun, Mexico

Agroecology and International Trade Law, The Promise of International Law: Solutions for the World’s Crises, Canadian Council on International Law, Ottawa, ON

Discussant for 10 graduate papers in International Intellectual Property Law and International Environmental Law, Law for Sustainable Socio-Economic Development: The Search for International Governance Innovations, International Law Research Program of the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) Waterloo, ON

Innovation in International Indigenous Peoples’ Law: FPIC and ABS, International law, Innovation, and the Environment, International Law Research Program of the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) Waterloo, ON

• The Paris Accord and Climate Change Refugees, Emerging Challenges for International Law, Human Rights and Sustainability: An International Law Seminar, McGill University, Montréal, QC

SDG 14: Conserve and Sustainably Use the Oceans, Seas and Marine Resources – An Analysis

Emerging Challenges for International Law, Human Rights and Sustainability: An International Law Seminar, McGill University, Montréal, QC

ABS, Economics and Indigneous Communities in a Canadian Context, ABS Canada Focus Group, Ottawa, ON

L’influence de la norme ITIE (Initiative pour la transparence dans les industries extractives) sur les pays membres, Perspectives croisées en droit et relations internationales dans les études sur l’exploitation des ressources naturelles et extractives, ACFAS, Montréal, Québec

2015    Plant Breeders’ Rights, Traditional Knowledge, and Medical Marijuana, Vanderbilt IP Scholars Roundtable, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

The Role of International Law in Sustainable Natural Resource Management: Soil and Forests, International Law Speaker Series, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON

2014    User Rights in Intellectual Property Protection of Clean Energy Technologies, Combustion: Energy, Resources, and Environmental Issues Igniting International Law, Canadian Council on International Law, Ottawa, ON

International Investment Arbitration and Access-Benefit Sharing, Combustion: Energy, Resources, and Environmental Issues Igniting International Law, Canadian Council on International Law, Ottawa, ON

Recent Developments in Sovereign Debt-Management, Moderator, Canadian Council on International Law, Ottawa, ON

How Can International Biodiversity and Natural Resources Regimes Contribute to the Eradication of Poverty, Especially for the Most Marginalized Communities, Including Indigenous Peoples? Sustainable Development at the Intersections of International Law: An International Legal Seminar, McGill University, Montréal, QC

Paraprofessional Ecohealth Practitioners (PEP): Mobilizing Science through Strategic Societal Transformation,  EcoHealth 2O14 Connections for health, ecosystems and society - The 5th Biennial Conference of the International Association for Ecology & Health, Montréal, QC

Arbitration under the Nagoya Protocol, The Interrelationship between Investment Arbitration, Indigenous Rights, and Environmental Law, McGill University, Montréal, QC

2013   Ruée vers l'or vert, comment protéger les savoirs traditionnels des peuples autochtones à l'aube du XXIe siècle? CAGI Conferences, University of the French West Indies and Guiana, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe

Building Synergies in the Implementation of Article 8(J) and the Nagoya Protocol, Eighth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Montréal, QC

Biosafety and the Protection of Indigenous Rights, Biosafety Panel, McGill University, Montréal, QC

After Doha, McGill Climate Change Workshop, Montréal, QC

2012  Addressing Low-Level Pollution for a Green Environment, Expert Workshop on Green Economy, Ottawa, ON

Crimes against Future Generations and Low-Level Chronic Pollution, McGill Workshop Series on Environmental Issues, Montréal, QC

2011  Legal Empowerment of Indigenous Peoples, Legal Empowerment of the Poor Conference for Judges from Canada, Jamaica, Mexico, Peru and Ghana, Montréal, Québec

Implications of the Nagoya Protocol for Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Practices, Capacity Building Workshop on Access and Benefit-sharing, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Montréal, QC

Presentation à la consultation de la société civile québécoise sur la Conférence des Nations Unies sur le développement durable de 2012, Canadian Environmental Network, and the United Nations Environment Program Regional Office for North America, McGill University, Montréal, QC

How International Law Has Evolved to Address Sustainable Development over the Last Two Decades, from the 1992 Rio Earth Summit towards the Coming 2012 Rio+20 Summit, Achieving Environmental Sustainability in the Face of Climate Change, Vermont Law School and McGill Faculty Of Law: A Joint Cross-Border Conference On Sustainability, McGill University, Montréal, QC

Protection of Indigenous Knowledge, Traditional Medicine and Related Intellectual Property: What Role Plays the Nagoya Protocol for University Research? Implications of the Nagoya Protocol for Research on Biocultural Diversity, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Montréal, QC

The Immigrant Law School Experience, Rivages et Continents: Exploration des Peuples et des Lieux, Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of Law Teachers (CALT), University of New-Brunswick, Fredericton, NB        

Defying Definition: Aboriginal Land Claims in Canada, Responsibility, Fraternity, and Sustainability in Law, Symposium in memory of Charles D. Gonthier, McGill University, Montréal, QC

LEP, the Green Economy & Access to Climate Finance, with Sarah Mason-Case (McGill), Legal Empowerment of the Poor for Sustainable Livelihoods: The Canadian Agenda for Change: A Roundtable Dialogue, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON

Intellectual Property Chapter on the Proposed Canada-European Union Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement, Jean Monnet Chair Seminar, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON            

Overview of the Cancun Accord, Post-Cancun: Moving Beyond Workshop, McGill University, Montréal, QC

2010                               Changement climatique et revendications territoriales du peuple Inuit, La Chaire de Recherche du Canada en Droit de l’Environnement, en Collaboration avec la Chaire C.D. Howe en Droit de l'Environnement et Développement de l'Arctique, Laval University, Québec City, QC

Le regime international sur l'acces et le partage des benefices relies a la biodiversité, Northern Exposure: International Law and the Challenge of the Arctic, Canadian Council on International Law, Ottawa, ON

Climate Change, Inuit Youth and the Right to Culture under International Law, Northern Exposure: International Law and the Challenge of the Arctic, Canadian Council on International Law, Ottawa, ON

International Trade Law and Market-Based Instruments, Feed-in Tariffis, Community-Based Content and EIA’s, International Law and Policy for a Low Carbon Economy: Developing Sustainable and Equitable Legal Frameworks for the Global Low-Carbon Economy, Conference of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, COP 16, Cancun, Mexico

Renewable Energy, Indigenous Communities and International Trade Law: Feed-in Tariffis, Community-Based Content and EIA’s for Promoting Economic Development, The Role of Trade and Markets in Addressing Climate Change and Sustainable Development, ICTSD Symposium, Conference of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, COP 16, Cancun, Mexico

Legal Aspects of the Cancun Accord on Climate Change, Evaluating the Global Architecture for Climate Change: from Copenhagen to Cancun and Beyond, Sustainable Prosperity, Montréal, QC