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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...)

Policy Brief 88, March 2021

Need for Extension of the LDC Transition Period Under Article 66.1 of the TRIPS Agreement Until Graduation and Beyond By Nirmalya Syam Least developed country (LDC) Members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) have submitted a duly motivated request for the extension (more...)

COVID-19 Compulsory Licenses Table, March 2021

Scope of Compulsory License and Government Use of Patented Medicines in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic To meet public health needs, such as in the current COVID-19 emergency, governments can use compulsory licenses and government use as a (more...)

Research Paper 129, March 2021

The TRIPS waiver proposal: an urgent measure to expand access to the COVID-19 vaccines by Henrique Zeferino de Menezes Despite multilateral commitments and political statements of solidarity and cooperation to guarantee the availability and access to COVID-19 vaccines (more...)

Statement, February 2021

STATEMENT OF THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD OF THE SOUTH CENTRE, H.E. MR. THABO MBEKI, TWENTY-FIRST MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE SOUTH CENTRE, 11 FEBRUARY 2021 The unprecedented health, (more...)

SouthViews No. 214, 26 February 2021

Increasing ecocides: On the need for a new global platform for redress By Dr S Faizi Dr S Faizi argues that the community of nations should criminalise ecocide and create a mechanism to prosecute the culprits. This should be done by establishing an Environmental (more...)

Cristovam BUARQUE (Board Member, 2021-present)

Cristovam Buarque, Brazil, holds a doctoral degree in Development Economics. He was the rector of the University of Brasilia, the governor of the Federal District, the Minister of Education of Brazil in 2003 and a Senator of the Republic for the Federal District. He worked as (more...)

Penina Oniviel MLAMA (Board Member, 2021-present)

Penina Oniviel Muhando Mlama, Tanzania, is a retired Professor of the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. A long-serving Professor of Creative Arts at this university, she has held various positions, including Head of Department, Associate Dean of Research and Dean of the Faculty (more...)

SouthViews No. 213, 23 February 2021

Access to Medical Equipment in a Pandemic Situation: Importance of Localized Supply Chains and 3D Printing By Muhammad Zaheer Abbas, PhD The response to the COVID-19 crisis highlighted the weaknesses of the free trade system and failures of the (more...)