The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

17 June 2025 Malta accedes to the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress, 16 June 2025. More »
7 March 2025 Videos demonstrating how to submit and publish Fifth National Report in the BCH are now available. More »
21 October 2024 New booklet: A joint CBD/Aarhus Convention pocket guide on access to information and public participation regarding LMOs is now available. More »
10 October 2024 The Biosafety Technical Series Issue 6: Legislative Study on Biosafety Mainstreaming is now available. More »

31 October 2025 (2025-136) Submission of information regarding national legislation, regulations and guidelines on new developments in modern biotechnology that are relevant to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. More »
22 October 2025 (2025-133) Online discussions of the Network of Laboratories for the Detection and Identification of Living Modified Organisms. More »
3 October 2025 (2025-124) Reminder and extension of deadline: Submission of views on options to further improve the effectiveness of meetings under the Convention and its Protocols. More »
17 September 2025 (2025-116) Online Training Course on Multilateral Negotiations, 2 October 2025. More »

9–11 December 2025, Montreal, Canada Thirteenth meeting of the Informal Advisory Committee on the Biosafety Clearing-House. More »
10–12 June 2026, Montreal, Canada Twenty-first meeting of the Compliance Committee under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.
16–18 June 2026, Montreal, Canada Fifteenth meeting of the Liaison Group on the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.
19–30 October 2026, Yerevan, Armenia Twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.