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SouthViews No. 227, 29 September 2021
Ending Extreme Poverty by Ending Global Tax Avoidance by Abdul Muheet Chowdhary The world is estimated to lose around USD 500-600 billion in revenues from corporate tax avoidance each (more...)Policy Brief 103, September 2021
Strong Intellectual Property Protection, Weak Competition Rules – or the Other Way Around to Accelerate Technology Transfer to the Global South? Ten Considerations for a “Prodevelopment” IP-Related Competition Law By Klaus D. Beiter Competition law provisions relating to (more...)Research Paper 136, September 2021
Canada’s Political Choices Restrain Vaccine Equity: The Bolivia-Biolyse Case By Muhammad Zaheer Abbas, PhD The COVID-19 pandemic has already claimed more than 4.6 million lives and caused significant economic harm. The Coronavirus is still circulating to cause (more...)Statement, September 2021
Statement during the Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right to development
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Research Paper 135, September 2021
Implementation of a TRIPS Waiver for Health Technologies and Products for COVID-19: Preventing Claims Under Free Trade and Investment Agreements by Carlos M. Correa, Nirmalya Syam and Daniel Uribe While increasing support from WTO members for a proposed waiver from (more...)Submission on Draft Agenda of the UN Tax Committee, September 2021
Comments on Draft Agenda of the UN Tax Committee The South Centre welcomes the UN Tax Committee’s invitation of public comments into its draft agenda and four-year work plan. By engaging the public in preparing the work plan, the UN Tax Committee’s work can be more responsive (more...)Policy Brief 102, September 2021
Accelerating COVID-19 Vaccine Production via Involuntary Technology Transfer
By Dr. (more...)
Contribution to UNSG Report on US Embargo Against Cuba 2021
Contribution of the South Centre to the Report of the Secretary-General on the Implementation of UN General Assembly Resolution A/75/L.97 dated 9 June 2021 on the “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against (more...)Policy Brief 94, Setembro de 2021
O papel dos tribunais na implementação das flexibilidades do TRIPS: Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) do Brasil declara inconstitucionais as extensões automáticas de prazos de patentes Por Vitor Henrique Pinto Ido Este policy brief traz uma contextualização, um (more...)WTO Public Forum 2021 Working Session: The Future of the TRIPS Agreement Post COVID-19
Working Session at the WTO Public Forum 2021: The Future of the TRIPS Agreement Post COVID-19 Wednesday, 29 September 2021 16h30 –17h30 CET Disciplines on intellectual property protection are part of the multilateral trade system through the WTO TRIPS Agreement. The (more...)South Centre Study, September 2021
Patenting of Plants and Exceptions to Exclusive Rights: Lessons from European Law Biotechnology has increased the use of patent law to protect the outcomes of plant breeding. While the TRIPS Agreement allows countries to exclude the patentability of plants and essentially (more...)
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