Misappropriation and misuse

Misappropriation of Government revenues

Embezzlement, misappropriation or other diversion of property by a public official

An immediate investigation into the misappropriation of humanitarian aid was required.

2.2 The company lodged a complaint against the author for misappropriation.

Neither the company nor the public prosecutor brought direct evidence that the offence of misappropriation had been committed.

(c) Whether there has been misappropriation of the assets of one entity for the benefit of another and

By conservative estimates, every year around 20 billion to 40 billion is stolen from developing countries through bribery, misappropriation of funds, and corrupt practices.

The Committee regrets that the report did not further analyse the data but rather presented a narrative of cases, including of theft and misappropriation, fraud and misrepresentation.

The problems arising in the field of human rights are a result of selectivity, double standards and the misappropriation of the issue of human rights for political ends.

Any theft or misappropriation must be reported without delay to the police authorities, the office of the regional pharmacy inspector and the Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des produits de santé.

The legislation set up an inspection system that involves both the administrative, technical and accounting aspects of authorized activities and measures designed to prevent the theft or misappropriation of nuclear materials.

On 16 September 1996, the Provincial High Court sentenced the author to five months' imprisonment for misappropriation, disqualified him from public employment or office, suspended his right to vote and ordered him to pay costs.

However, tThe question of unauthorized access and misappropriation of genetic resources, however, hads led to the current discussions under the Convention process regarding the tracking of compliance with the prior informed consent requirement established under Article 15.

Regarding the misappropriation and misuse of indigenous traditional knowledge, numerous initiatives are under way aimed at the development by indigenous communities of sui generis legal systems to meet specific needs not met by existing intellectual property and other laws.

In addition, WIPO should continue to work on enhanced positive protection mechanisms for those indigenous communities that may wish to utilize intellectual property or similar tools to protect elements of their cultural heritage against misappropriation and misuse by others.

The main focus of WIPO's work is the protection of the creativity, reputation and distinctiveness inherent in indigenous traditional knowledge against misappropriation and misuse, and it addresses both defensive and positive forms of protection, including proprietary and non proprietary approaches.

If the holder of the authorization is a juridical person, the same penalties shall be applicable to its executives if they have gained knowledge of such loss, theft, disappearance or misappropriation and have failed to report it within the specified time limit.

In early January, the Mouvement de libération du Congo (MLC), in reaction to a decision by President Kabila to replace five of the six ministers who had been suspended in November 2004 on allegations of mismanagement and misappropriation of public funds, threatened to withdraw from the transition.