Political Declaration on the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women
Ministers and representatives of governments of the Member States of the United Nations met at a special one-day session of the 64th meeting of the Commission on the (more...)
The ISDS Reform Process: The missing development agendaBy Nicolás M. Perrone
The foreign direct investment (FDI) governance agenda is centred on the reform of international investment agreements (IIAs) and investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS). The proliferation of IIAs (more...)
The Africa Energy Transition Program (AFRETRAP)By Rajesh Eralil and Youba Sokona
In a more and more climate change threatened world, Africa’s energy vision should be premised on moving from an energy landscape based on underdeveloped and carbon intense pathways to a modern, (more...)
Submission by the South Centre to the Draft Issues Paper on Intellectual Property Policy and Artificial Intelligence (WIPO/IP/AI/2/GE(20/1)
The South Centre welcomes the opportunity to submit to the WIPO Secretariat input on the draft issues paper on intellectual property policy (more...)
Comments by the South Centre on the CESCR Draft General Comment on science and economic, social and cultural rights Art. 15: 15.1.b, 15.2, 15.3 and 15.4
The South Centre welcomes the opportunity to submit its comments on the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Right (more...)
Appeal in ISDS: Appealing for the Host State?By Grace L. Estrada
Reforms to Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) are being discussed in the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Working Group III. One possible reform is the development (more...)
The Role of South-South Cooperation in Combatting Illicit Financial FlowsBy Manuel F Montes
Developing countries bear the brunt of costs from illicit financial flows (IFFs). These losses are the result of the facilities that the global system provides transnational (more...)
Vacancy Announcement – Project Research Assistant, Green Climate Fund Readiness Project in Lebanon
The South Centre was established in 1995 as a permanent inter-Governmental organization of developing countries. It has full intellectual independence in working towards (more...)
Eighteen Years After Doha: An Analysis of the Use of Public Health TRIPS Flexibilities in AfricaBy Yousuf A Vawda and Bonginkosi Shozi
As we observe the 18th anniversary of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement (more...)
US-China trade deal: preliminary analysis of the text from WTO perspectiveBy Peter Lunenborg
The long-awaited ‘Phase 1’ trade deal between the United States and China, officially termed the ‘Economic and Trade Agreement between the Government of the United (more...)
Third Annual Developing Country Forum on South-South Cooperation in International Tax Matters (Report)
The South Centre organized, in cooperation with the Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), the Ministry of External Affairs and the Ministry of (more...)
South Centre Quarterly Report, 1 October to 31 December 2019
This Quarterly Report summarizes the activities undertaken by the South Centre during the period 1st October to 31 December 2019. It is intended to provide information, organized by themes, about recent (more...)