Scope of Compulsory License and Government Use of Patented Medicines
To meet public health needs governments can use compulsory licenses and government use as a tool for procurement and import of patented medicines. These mechanisms are provided (more...)
User Rights Symposium 2025: Principles for Progress in Digital CopyrightGeneva, Switzerland 16-18 June 2025This year’s symposium will be hosted by PIJIP’s Geneva Center on Knowledge Governance and the South Centre, with collaborating partners (more...)
ReAct Africa-South Centre Annual Conference 2025: From global to local action: Operationalising AMR commitments in Africa and beyond11-12 June 2025Lusaka, Zambia
The ReAct Africa-South Centre Annual Conference 2025 aims to translate (more...)
Statements at the 25th Meeting of the Council of Representatives of the South CentreGeneva, 8 May
The Council of Representatives of the South Centre, the highest authority of the organization, met on 8 May 2025 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, with the (more...)
South Centre Statement to the WIPO Intergovernmental Committee on IP, Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore 51st SessionMay 2025
Read our statement on the future of the work by the WIPO Committee on IP, Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and (more...)
INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME - STRENGTHENING THE RIGHT TO HEALTH
The South Centre is seeking to fill internship positions to support its activities in the area of strengthening the right to health from a perspective of countries of the Global South.
Specific intern responsibilities (more...)
Statement by the South Centre to the Seventy-eighth World Health AssemblyAgenda Item 15: Antimicrobial Resistance27 May 2025
The South Centre strongly encourages member States and the Director General to maintain antimicrobial resistance as a WHO (more...)
Statement by the South Centre to the Seventy-eighth World Health AssemblyAgenda Item 13.9: Global strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health26 May 2025
We support the implementation of the Global Strategy 2016 - 2030, with (more...)
Education & Learning and the Global Digital Compactby Kishore Singh
The Global Digital Compact, annexed to the Pact for the Future, adopted by the international community at the United Nations Summit of the Future in September 2024, is an ambitious move by the (more...)
South Centre Statement at the Expert Conversation on Human Rights in the Life Cycle of Renewable Energy and Critical Minerals21 May 2025
This expert conversation organized by the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of (more...)
South-South Cooperation to Address Health Challenges in the Caribbean. The Role of Medical CooperationSide Event organized by the South Centre and the Republic of Cuba during the World Health Assembly 2025Date and Time: 20th May (more...)
