12.05.2021 Now or never

Those who don’t want to talk about restrictions to the patent system should not speak of global solidarity. A year in the grip of a pandemic has brought the fractures in the world into sharp relief - and called us to action. By Anne Jung

12.05.2021 Essential

Their perseverance has paid off: In the midst of the pandemic, community health workers have won a major victory in their fight for recognition and rights. By Usche Merk

12.04.2021 A dictate of reason

Health activists on the topic of patent protection and global ways out of the pandemic. By Julian Toewe.

11.03.2021 "It's a pandemic of inequality"

Today marks the one-year anniversary of when the WHO declared the coronavirus a “pandemic”. We spoke with partners from the Global South about their experience, vaccine patents and the TRIPS waiver.

25.02.2021 “We Cannot Work In Isolation”

LGBTIQ+ have been greatly affected by the pandemic. How we, as a community organization, still manage to continue supporting our people. By Michelle Ruhonde and Mayita Tamangani.

18.02.2021 No patent protection on essential medicines and vaccines

The Covid-19 pandemic won't be over until it's over for everyone, say internationally working development and human rights organizations.

16.02.2021 "You are jeopardizing the containment of Covid-19."

"Germany is obstructing and opposing the proposal to remove intellectual property monopolies so that production of COVID-19 medical products may be expanded and diversified globally", 200 organizations from the Global South claim.

15.02.2021 Lift monopolies on COVID-19 medical products

200 organizations from 40 countries of the Global South are calling for an end to the blockade of the proposal to suspend intellectual property rights on Covid-19 medical products. We support their call.

10.02.2021 Model country Sri Lanka?

Sri Lanka's Corona policy is repeatedly celebrated internationally. An interview with feminist human rights activist Shreen Saroor on the price of an ostensible success.

02.02.2021 Role model Australia?

Assessing the centrality of border policies for the Covid responses in Australia means to discern the extent to which they might function in other parts of the world. By Brett Neilson.