The Nagoya Protocol International Access and Benefit Sharing Regime
By Viviana Munoz Tellez
The Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on (more...)
The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas: One Step Forward in the Promotion of Human Rights for the Most Vulnerable By Maria Natalia Pacheco Rodriguez and Luis Fernando Rosales Lozada (more...)
Las reformas de la Organización Mundial de la Salud en la época de COVID-19Por Germán Velásquez
A lo largo de sus 70 años de historia la OMS ha pasado por varias reformas lideradas por varios directores generales, como Halfdan Mahler en la Conferencia de Alma (more...)
Meeting on Waiver to Certain Provisions of the WTO TRIPS Agreement to Support Effective COVID-19 Response
Discussion and clarification on the proposal under consideration by WTO TRIPS Council for a temporary waiver to certain TRIPS Agreement provisions.
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Analysis of the Overcapacity and Overfishing Pillar of the WTO Fisheries Subsidies NegotiationsBy Peter Lunenborg
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14.6 asks World Trade Organization (WTO) Members to “prohibit certain forms of fisheries subsidies which contribute (more...)
South Centre Statement to the 2nd Session of the Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development recognizes the commitment of the international community to make the right to development (RtD) a reality for everyone, leaving no (more...)
South Centre Statement to the WHA 73 Session
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The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed that, despite the magnitude of the global health challenges it has to face, the WHO is currently unable to fully enforce its directives, norms and standards. It also shows that (more...)
The World Health Organization Reforms in the Time of COVID-19 By Germán Velásquez
During its 70-year history, the World Health Organization (WHO) has undergone various reforms led by several Directors-General, including Halfdan Mahler at the Almaty Conference on (more...)
South Centre Statement for the Third Session of the WIPO Conversation on AI and IP
The South Centre is an intergovernmental organization of 54 developing countries working across various policy areas, including intellectual property. This statement focuses on increasing capacity (more...)
Virtual training on Taxing the Hard to Tax: High Net Worth Individuals and Informal Sector
The South Centre Tax Initiative in collaboration with the West African Tax Administration Forum (WATAF) is organizing this virtual training on “Taxing the Hard to Tax: High Net Worth (more...)
Creative imitation at the front of pharma biotechnology opportunities: some lessons from late late industrialization countriesBy Pablo Lavarello and Sebastián Sztulwark
Given that high-cost biopharmaceutical drug patents have started to expire since the early 2000s, (more...)
