The South Centre spoke at #HRC60 side event on NEW HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ACTIONS TO ADDRESS THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF UNILATERAL COERCIVE MEASURES ON HUMAN RIGHTS organized by the Permanent Mission of Cuba.

Trump’s return to the US presidency has accelerated the profound crisis of the global economic & trade order established after World War II and of democratic capitalism. On the implications of these developments read our NEW SouthViews: www.southcentre.int/southviews-n...

At #HRC60, South Centre welcomed the updated guidance on preventing maternal mortality. We support its strong focus on: ✅ An intersectional approach to tackle structural discrimination. ✅ A "human rights economy" to address debt, austerity & sanctions. ✅ Accountability & reparations for victims.

JOIN US: #HRC60 Side Event: The Role of the Human Rights Council in Advancing the Right to Health: From Guidance to Implementation 🗓️⏲️: 25 September 2025, 15h00-16h00 📍: Room Concordia 1, Palais des Nations, Geneva For more info: www.southcentre.int/hrc60-side-e...

We were pleased to talk about the role of digital innovation in enhancing SMEs' performance and the ecosystem needed to support them at the @wto.org Public Forum session on “Empowering MSMEs through Digital Trade" organized by the World Trade Center Mumbai.

Critical statement from South Centre on IGWG Pandemic Agreement Annex PABS System, 19.09. Key recommendations inside: www.southcentre.int/south-centre...

Our discussion at the #WTOPublicForum on mapping #Africa’s digital governance generated considerable interest and debate. We thank all speakers and participants. A report and paper will be available soon. #DigitalTrade

We were pleased to present at @wto.org Public Forum event on 'Leveraging AgriTech for transformational change & prosperity', main findings of South Centre's report "Unveiling the Controversies: ICTs in Agriculture and the Challenges for Africa" ...

The UN Tax Committee has a new Membership and will decide its 4 Year Workplan for 2025-29. See South Centre submission on key priorities of developing countries that should be included in the Agenda: us5.campaign-archive.com?u=fa9cf38799...

A submission relating to an USTR investigation on Brazil's IP legislation, affirms Brazil’s right to balance IP & public health. Its use of the TRIPS flexibilities is lawful, consistent with WTO rules, & essential for universal healthcare: us5.campaign-archive.com?u=fa9cf38799...

We were pleased to brief on the role & activities of South Centre & the current world economic situation & discuss with participants of the Chinese Corporate International Competence Study Training Course led by the Chinese State-Owned Asset Supervision & Management Commission.

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JOIN US: #HRC60 Side Event: The Role of the Human Rights Council in Advancing the Right to Health: From Guidance to Implementation 🗓️⏲️: 25 September 2025, 15h00-16h00 📍: Room Concordia 1, Palais des Nations, Geneva For more info: www.southcentre.int/hrc60-side-e...

Highlight of Day 1 of @who.int pandemic negotiations: side event on what equity means for the Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing (PABS) system. "Equity isn't charity—it's everyone's security." Read us5.campaign-archive.com?u=fa9cf38799... #PandemicEquity #GlobalHealth

On the International Day of Science, Technology & Innovation for the South we note significant growth of R&D investment in the Global South in the last 25 yrs but with significant divergences among countries & the need to keep tech transfer as a priority issue in the intl agenda.

Read Project Syndicate's new piece by Yuefen Li of South Centre on combatting illicit financial flows emanated from international trade: www2.project-syndicate.org/magazine/reg...

We welcome the UNGA endorsement of the New York Declaration on the peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine and implementation of the two-State solution with Israel. See news.un.org/en/story/202...

We were pleased to receive Mr. George Katrougalos, Independent Expert on the Promotion of a Democratic and Equitable International Order, to discuss current disruptions in the international order and how the Global South can contribute to shape a more equitable global system.

NEW SouthViews argues that 70 years after the Bandung Conference, the Bandung Spirit must be re-imagined by placing triangular cooperation at its centre, so that we can craft a more inclusive, ethical & action-oriented multilateralism for the 21st century: www.southcentre.int/southviews-n...

Seven decades on, the Spirit of #Bandung continues to guide #SouthSouthCooperation. New South Centre paper explores its enduring legacy in the context of current global challenges, and suggests pathways to strengthen #SSC for #sustainabledevelopment in the #GlobalSouth.

The South Centre celebrates the UN Day for South-South Cooperation 2025 and the growing importance of SSC amid increasing global uncertainties.

📢 Join us TODAY at #HRC60 for the side event: “States’ Duty to Regulate Corporations in the Face of the Triple Planetary Crisis” ⏰ 11:00–12:00 CEST 📍 Room VIII, Palais des Nations Or watch LIVE: bit.ly/46vL0Co With @ishr.ch, #FES, @fian-international.bsky.social, and #FranciscansInternational

Daniel Uribe of @southcentre.bsky.social highlights 3 ways the LBI on transnational corporations can be informed by #ICJAO & other AOs -- standard of due diligence, rejection of lex specialis, liability & full reparation -- counterbalancing the idea that corp. obligations is outside int'l law.

ENTREVISTA: El Sur Global es la fuerza motriz para construir un nuevo sistema internacional, afirma director ejecutivo del Centro del Sur Carlos Correa spanish.news.cn/20250908/4f7...

For organizations promoting antimicrobial resistance awareness & action in developing countries: We're funding impactful campaigns for World AMR Awareness Week 2025: Theme: "Act Now: Protect Our Present, Secure Our Future"! 📅 Deadline 20 September 💰 Small grants available

Check out our work in progress aimed to assist in the understanding of the ongoing negotiations in the @who.int IGWG for the establishment of a Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing System (PABS) as an Annex of the Pandemic Agreement, as described in Article 12: www.southcentre.int/working-docu...

Sharing the "fear of being pursued by investors", Daniel Uribe of @southcentre.bsky.social identifies challenges States face on #ISDS, including undermining national sovereignty, and a democracy deficit that creates a parallel system giving preferential treatment to investors.

We were pleased to speak at the Global South Media and Think Tank Forum, Kunming, Sept. 6, on the increased weight of the Global South in the world economy and the need for a more assertive role in shaping a more inclusive and fairer international order: www.southcentre.int/sc-statement...

Why can the current #ISDS mechanism undermine #humanrights & #sustainabledevelopment? Join our #HRC60 side event to discuss the impacts of investor-to-States disputes & explore fairer alternatives. 🗓️ Monday, 8 Sept., 2pm 📍 Concordia 1, Building A, Palais des Nations

The history of the negotiation of the TRIPS Agreement shows how high IP standards were imposed on developing countries so as to freeze the comparative technological advantages that developed countries enjoyed.

Why can the current #ISDS mechanism undermine #humanrights & #sustainabledevelopment? Join our #HRC60 side event to discuss the impacts of investor-to-States disputes & explore fairer alternatives. 🗓️ Monday, 8 Sept., 2pm 📍 Concordia 1, Building A, Palais des Nations

🌍 Join us at #WTOPublicForum 2025! 🗓️ 18 Sept | 🕙 10:45 AM (CET) 📍 WTO Room S3, Geneva Explore how the AfCFTA Digital Trade Protocol, AU AI Strategy and multilateral processes can shape inclusive, development-focused digital trade and AI governance. 🔗 www.wto.org/english/foru...

El South Centre organizó con la Academia de Intercambio y Estudios Judiciales (Argentina) un seminario para funcionarios judiciales sobre diversos desarrollos en materia de derecho internacional relacionados con el comercio, derechos humanos y el medio ambiente. Leer el SouthNews:

Cuba’s approach to medical cooperation shows how South-South collaboration can strengthen global health systems and respond to emergencies. Learn of the high-level discussions at #HRC59 side event: mailchi.mp/southcentre/... #HealthRights #InternationalCooperation By @vivicmt.bsky.social

NEW SouthViews argues that India & China, the only 2 nations with populations over 1 billion, should expand all-round cooperation based on mutual learning, which will prove highly beneficial to inclusive Global Development: www.southcentre.int/southviews-n...

Le South Centre a organisé une réunion pour ses pays membres francophones sur négociations internationales en cours pour discuter leurs perspectives sur diverses questions et partager avec eux des informations actualisées sur les travaux de recherche et ...

Voluntary action is no longer enough. The South Centre submission to the #UNFCCC calls for transforming the #climate agenda to ensure true inclusivity, tackle harmful lobbying, create accountability mechanisms and bridge policy gaps: www.southcentre.int/sc-submissio... #ClimateAction

Congratulations to Prof. Daniel Acquah & his team for organizing a timely conference on IP & technical cooperation in Africa and the opportunity to talk about the role of patent offices as custodians of the public interest. @utu.fi

NEW South Centre Research Paper by distinguished scholar K. Seeta Prabhu reflects on challenges to global development in times of crisis. A combined human development & Lifestyle for Environment (LiFE) approach is proposed as an alternate development paradigm: www.southcentre.int/research-pap...

Grateful to work with PAHO & Africa CDC to support policymakers in the Caribbean & Africa. Together, we’re learning how to use IP tools to strengthen local medicine production & improve access for all. Read more: us5.campaign-archive.com?u=fa9cf38799...

Trikafta for cystic fibrosis, one of the most expensive drugs in history generated $11.02 billion in product revenue just in 2024. However, it could be made for about $5000 per year. See www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

The years-long litigation, now settled against payment of a substantial royalty, between CureVac and GSK over mRNA patent protection with Pfizer and BioNTech provides additional evidence on the IP barriers that potential manufacturers would have faced to expand production of ...

The South Centre co-organized an event with the EU Commission, Nigeria and Germany at #FFD4 on 'Domestic Revenue Mobilisation at the heart of Sustainable Development: the Seville Declaration'. Read more here: us5.campaign-archive.com?u=fa9cf38799...

We were pleased to meet Dr. Haileyesus Getahun, CEO of HeDPAC & Founder/CEO of CeHDI, to discuss current developments in the area of health & progress made in the cooperation with South Centre on health equity & promotion of SRHR as a universal human right.

We thank Ambassador Julia Imene-Chanduru of the Republic of Namibia for her farewell visit to South Centre & wish her the best for her future endeavours. It has been a privilege to work with her during her tenure in Geneva. We look forward to further cooperation with Namibia.

The South Centre was pleased to contribute to the "Africa Governance Report 2025 - Natural Resource Governance in Africa" with inputs on measures for effective taxation of natural resources: aprm.au.int/en/documents...

Bounded Openness over Natural Information is an alternative modality for the fair and equitable sharing of benefits from the use of digital sequence information (DSI) on genetic resources addressed by Decision 16/2 of the CBD COP 16. Read NEW SouthViews: www.southcentre.int/southviews-n...

NEW SouthViews delves into key findings of a recent IGBA report, their implications on patient access to medicines & national healthcare budgets, & recommendations for mitigating patent thickets & other practices that constrain legitimate competition of generic medicines.

A new study in The Lancet finds significant causal association between #UCMs and increased mortality, estimating that they were associated with an annual toll of 564,258 deaths, similar to the global mortality for armed conflict. See: rb.gy/tupp6e

South Centre is 30 today! We were set up 30 years ago on this date. To honor the perseverance & accomplishments of the Global South, the Centre is pleased to publish a compilation featuring rich reflections on the Centre’s work over the years, highlighting South-South solidarity.