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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...)

COVID-19 Compulsory Licenses Table, February 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...)

Climate Policy Brief 25, February 2021

The UNFCCC Virtual Regional Workshops on Gender and Climate Change 2020

By Mariama Williams

In the last week of November 2020, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)’s Gender and Climate Team presented its hallmark (more...)

Research Paper 128, February 2021

Intellectual Property in the EU–MERCOSUR FTA: A Brief Review of the Negotiating Outcomes of a Long-Awaited Agreement Roxana Blasetti In collaboration with Juan I. Correa This paper provides a first glance at the (more...)

Tax Cooperation Policy Brief 13, February 2021

Making the UN Tax Committee more effective for developing countries By Abdul Muheet Chowdhary The United Nations Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters (UN Tax Committee) is an important and influential subsidiary body of the Economic and (more...)

Policy Brief 87, February 2021

WIPO Negotiations for an International Legal Instrument on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources

By Nirmalya Syam

Over the past few years, Member States of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) have engaged in (more...)