Expert Workshop on “Identifying Legal Challenges for Farmers’ Innovation”
Co-organized by the South Centre and the Université Catholique de Louvain
9 October 2023
Ixelles, Belgium
Venue: Centre for Private and Economic Law, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Open Consultation on
The Process to negotiate a Legally Binding Instrument on Business and Human Rights
18 Oct 2023, 15:30-17:00 CEST
This open consultation is an opportunity for participants representing developing countries, civil society and academia to exchange views and discuss the ongoing process to negotiate an international instrument to regulate the human rights impacts of transnational corporations and other business enterprises.
For A New Global Deal
Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) and South Centre High-Level Expert Exchange
Geneva, 8 September 2023, 09:00 to 17:00 CET
Room Rhin (ground floor)
International Environment House 2
Chemin de Balexert 7-9
Public Workshop
Multistakeholderism and UN 2.0: Challenges and Alternatives for Developing Countries
7 September 2023 | 10:00 – 11:30 EDT
Co-organized By the South Centre and the Transnational Institute
Co-sponsored by Corporate Accountability and ESCR NET, Peoples´ Working Group on Multistakeholderism
This Public Workshop will discuss the findings of a new report commissioned jointly by South Centre and The Transnational Institute (TNI) and elaborated by Prof. Harris Gleckman on the idea of the increasing role of ‘multistakeholderism’ in making key policy and programmatic decisions in the context of the United Nations and other fora. The workshop will also serve as an opportunity to discuss the recommendations on how to deal with multistakeholderism and its risks for global governance and the participation of developing countries.
This event is designed as an open forum to foster dialogue and share views among representatives of the Group of 77 and China, particularly those based in Geneva and New York, and civil society organizations.
The public forum will be held in a hybrid format.
Course for Judges on copyright and access to knowledge in the age of artificial intelligence (AI)
“Copyrights and Access to Knowledge in the Age of Artificial Intelligence”
Co-organized by the South Centre (SC) and Thailand’s Court of Appeals for Specialized Cases
23 August 2023
6th African Regional Conference
“Leave no one behind: Advancing One Health AMR National Action Plans Implementation in Africa”
Co-organized by the South Centre and ReAct Africa
14-16 August 2023
Lusaka, Zambia
Side Event to the Ministerial Meeting of the Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)
“Reinvigorating the Non-Aligned Movement”
Co-organized by South Centre and Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)
6 July 2023, 15:00 – 16:15
Baku, Azerbaijan
Venue: Baku Convention Center (BCC), Rooms A3-A4
Conférence, “Reconnaissance du droit aux semences en Afrique”.
Co-organisé par l’Académie de droit international humanitaire et de droits humains de Genève (ADH), SWISSAID, CROPS4HD et le South Centre
20 juin 2023
Genève, Suisse
Lieu : Villa Moynier
Antimicrobial Resistance, pharmaceuticals and environment
South Centre Virtual Workshop, 28 & 29 March 2023, 2:30-4:30 PM CET
The emergence and spread of resistant genes and pathogens among and between humans, animals and the environment is a global threat. Join to learn and share how civil society is tackling these issues and how to elicit ways such efforts might seed or scale more broadly such action.
This workshop is organized with the support of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the European Commission.
Respecting, protecting and fulfilling the rights of peasants and other rural workers – A clever move in times of multiple crises
A side-event to the 52 session of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council
Palais des Nations, Geneva, 15 March 2023
The side-event was co-organized by the Permanent Missions of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Honduras, South Africa, Luxembourg, South Centre, La Via Campesina, Centre Europe – Tiers Monde (CETIM), FIAN International and the Geneva Academy of international humanitarian law and human rights; with the support of some other partners.
A Right to Research in Africa?
A Week of Events on Copyright and Access to Knowledge in South Africa
The Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property of the American University Washington College of Law (PIJIP) is co-organizing a week of debates on copyright and access to knowledge in South Africa the week of January 23rd, with a coalition of three university groups and four civil society organizations.
South Centre – African Union Workshop on WIPO Issues
13-14 December 2022 at the Montreux Room – Centre de Conférences de Varembé (CCV), Geneva
In light of the Recommendations of the AU/AG workshop of December 2019 and the latest developments at SCCR/42, the African Group Coordinator, the South Centre and the African Union Permanent Mission in Geneva proposed a preparatory coordination workshop.
The workshop is co-organized by the South Centre, the African Union Permanent Representation in Geneva and the Permanent Mission of Algeria in Geneva (Coordinator of the African Group for WIPO issues).
