Analysing Intersections between Climate Change and Human RightsBy Daniel Uribe Teran and Luis Fernando Rosales
The effects of climate change on people’s daily lives threaten the full enjoyment of human rights. The Human Rights Council adopted two landmark (more...)
Understanding the Main Elements for an Operational Definition of Climate FinanceBy Luis Fernando Rosales Lozada
An operational definition of climate finance could contribute to facilitating access of developing countries to needed public and private financial resources to (more...)
SOUTH CENTRE STATEMENT TO THE EIGHTH SESSION OF THE OPEN-ENDED INTERGOVERNMENTAL WORKING GROUP ON TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS AND OTHER BUSINESS ENTERPRISES
Human rights violations in the context of business operations, either directly by transnational corporations or through (more...)
Reducing the Unnecessary Use of Antimicrobials in Animal FarmingBy Dr. Viviana Muñoz Tellez
Antimicrobial resistance is aggravated due to excessive and inappropriate use of antimicrobials in human and animal health and in plant and animal agriculture. While international (more...)
Statement by Dr. Carlos Correa, Executive Director of the South Centre, to the Ministers and Governors Meeting of the Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four (G24)October 2022, Washington, D.C.
Amid multiple crises and facing gloomier global economic prospects for (more...)
Harnessing the Multilateral Patent and Plant Variety Protection Regimes to Advance Food Security:Implications of the EU-ECOWAS Economic Partnership Agreement (more...)
A Breakthrough in Negotiations on Intellectual Property, Protection of Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge in WIPO? By Dr. Viviana Muñoz Tellez
This Policy Brief provides a brief summary of the current negotiations in the World Intellectual Property Organization (more...)
Lessons From India’s Implementation of Doha Declaration on TRIPS and Public HealthBy Nanditta Batra
The major bone of contention between the developed and developing countries in the TRIPS negotiations was patents for pharmaceuticals. The US-led developed countries (more...)
The South Centre invites applications from the members of the Antibiotic Resistance Coalition (ARC) and other civil society organizations or research institutions from developing countries for limited financial funding (maximum 2000 USD per campaign) to design and launch campaigns or support (more...)
Webinar: The Future of the TRIPS Agreement (Part 2)11 October 2022Virtual eventTime: 10:00 - 11:30 CET
Sustainable recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic requires availability of medical technologies in all countries. To date, inequity in (more...)
Evaluating the Impact of Pillars One and TwoBy Suranjali Tandon and Chetan Rao
The proposed OECD Pillar One and Two reforms mark a significant shift in the way large multinational enterprises are taxed on their global incomes. However, while considering the reform at (more...)
UN Model Tax Convention: Selective Territoriality – The Specter of Privileged Player in a Rigged GameBy Muhammad Ashfaq Ahmed
This paper lays out the chessboard on which taxes on international incomes from immovables are contested, bargained, and harvested as per (more...)
