As facilitator of the Intergovernmental Committee (IGC) of the World Intellectual Property Organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, Professor Paul Kuruk facilitates negotiations in the 191 country-member body to develop an international instrument for the protection of genetic resources, traditional knowledge, folklore and traditional cultural expressions. In May 2022, he was appointed chair of the Group of Experts on Genetic Resources, and in June he held a book signing at the headquarters in Geneva for his book Traditional Knowledge, Genetic Resources, Customary Law and Intellectual Property: A Global Primer (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020).