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South Centre Statement – WIPO ACE 17, 4 February 2025

Statement in Support of Discussions on Counterfeiting in the Biotechnology Sector and the Prevention of Biopiracy WIPO Advisory Committee on Enforcement (ACE) Today at the 17th Session of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Advisory Committee on (more...)

International Conference, 3-6 February 2025

Copyright & the Public Interest: Africa and the Global South International Conference co-organized by South Centre

Dates: 3rd February 2025, 5th February 2025, 6th February 2025

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SouthViews No. 281, 31 January 2025

Contract-based Arbitration: Lessons Learned from Bolivia’s Extractives Industries By Daniel Uribe Teran Bolivia has undergone a significant shift in its approach to investment dispute resolution, moving away from reliance on Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) and (more...)

SC Submission to OHCHR for HRC resolution 50/13, January 2025

Submission by the South Centre to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on Inputs for the comprehensive report on ensuring access to medicines, vaccines and other health products (HRC resolution 50/13) January 2025
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Policy Brief 134, 28 January 2025

The WIPO Development Agenda: Progress and Challenges in 2025 By Nirmalya Syam The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Development Agenda (DA), adopted in 2007, seeks to align intellectual property (IP) policies with the development priorities of member (more...)

Research Paper 215, 23 January 2025

Assessing Five Years of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA): Proposals on Potential Amendments

By Kiiza Africa

On 30th May 2024, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) celebrated its fifth anniversary, which legally (more...)

Research Paper 214, 15 January 2025

Application of the Bolar Exception: Different Approaches in the EU By Dmytro Doubinsky This Research Paper addresses the growing problem of access to essential medicines, focusing on the role of intellectual property rights, particularly patent rights, in restricting (more...)

Research Paper 212, 9 January 2025

International Regulation of Industrial Designs: The TRIPS Agreement in the Light of European Union Law By Adèle Sicot This paper analyzes the provisions of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) on industrial designs, (more...)