Policy Brief 102, September 2021
Accelerating COVID-19 Vaccine Production via Involuntary Technology Transfer
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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...)Research Paper 134, September 2021
Restructuring the Global Vaccine Industry By Felix Lobo The purpose of this report is to analyse the vaccines industry under the focus of Industrial Economics as an input for the design of the pertinent instruments to promote development, manufacturing and (more...)Tax Cooperation Policy Brief 18, September 2021
Combatting Tax Treaty Abuse: Tools available under the BEPS Multilateral Instrument By Kuldeep Sharma, ADIT (CIOT,UK) The anxiety of taxpayers, consultants and advisors over the consistent application of Principal Purpose Test (PPT) provisions in tax treaties can now be put (more...)UNDP Publication on examination of patent applications relating to pharmaceuticals, June 2016
Guidelines for the examination of patent applications relating to pharmaceuticals By Carlos M. Correa This document represents a follow-up to an earlier document, Guidelines for the Examination of Pharmaceutical Patents: Developing a Public Health Perspective, which (more...)SouthViews No. 226, 3 September 2021
Issues in Financing Education as a Human Right: Central principles for public policy responses by Kishore Singh The realization of the right to education requires adequate financing of education. Public policy responses to (more...)Statement, September 2021
Statement by the South Centre to the Third meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group on the Post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) The South Centre, the intergovernmental think tank of developing countries based in Geneva, is pleased to participate in the third meeting of (more...)Policy Brief 101, September 2021
The Investment Facilitation Framework & Most Favoured Nation (MFN) Treatment By Peter Lunenborg The issue of Investment Facilitation (IF) is one of the ‘Joint Statement Initiatives’ which has been under negotiation for a number of years between certain World (more...)Contribution on Two-Pillar Solution to Address the Tax Challenges Arising from the Digitalisation of the EconomyAugust 2021
Comments on the Statement on a Two-Pillar Solution to Address the Tax Challenges Arising from the Digitalisation of the Economy The BEPS Monitoring Group, 31 July 2021 On 1 July 2021 a statement was issued by the OECD outlining the agreement reached through the Inclusive (more...)
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