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Research Paper 130, April 2021
Misappropriation of Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge: Challenges Posed by Intellectual Property and Genetic Sequence Information
By Nirmalya Syam and Thamara Romero
Improper acquisition of genetic resources (GRs) and (more...)Policy Brief 91, April 2021
Compulsory license in Germany: Analysis of a landmark judicial decision By Christoph Spennemann and Clara Warriner This policy brief analyzes how the German Federal Court of Justice addressed compulsory licensing under German patent law, where the (more...)SC/IsDB joint publication on National Strategies for SSTrC, April 2021
Policy Paper on National Strategies for South-South and Triangular CooperationFor developing countries to realize the full potential of South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTrC) for achieving their national sustainable development objectives, it is important to (more...)
SouthViews No. 215, 6 April 2021
Technology and inequality: can we decolonise the digital world? By Padmashree Gehl Sampath In this article, the author argues that techno-centric explanations of progress and industrialisation are deeply entrenched in a wider social context that (more...)Policy Brief 90, March 2021
Proposals to Advance the Negotiations of the Post 2020 Biodiversity Framework
By Dr. Viviana Muñoz Tellez
Informal consultations are ongoing in virtual format towards the adoption of a Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework by (more...)
Statement, March 2021
South Centre Statement on World TB Day Countries need to step up the response to tuberculosis and take all possible measures to expand access to treatment. (more...)Submission on Discussion Draft: Taxation of Software Payments as Royalties, March 2021
Comments on Discussion Draft: Taxation of Software Payments as Royalties
South Centre Tax Initiative The South Centre supports the proposal being discussed in the UN Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters (UN Tax (more...)Statements, March 2021
Statements made at the 21st Meeting of the Council of Representatives of the South Centre This document includes the statement made by H.E. Mr. Thabo Mbeki, Chairman of the South Centre Board under the agenda item 5 of the meeting “Statement by the Chairman of the Board of the (more...)SC, WGBizHRs, HRW Session, 17 March 2021
Not Charity, But Rights: Universal and Equitable Access to Covid-19 Vaccines Session at the Second United Nations South Asia Forum on Business and Human Rights organized by the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights, South Centre, and Human Rights Watch (more...)Policy Brief 89, March 2021
Competition Regulation in Healthcare in South Africa
By Hardin Ratshisusu
South Africa’s nascent competition regulatory regime is coming of age and has potential to address historical market concentration challenges (more...)