Assessment of PABS System negotiations: Civil society weighs in

We invite journalists to a mid-negotiation press briefing to provide a preliminary assessment of the substance and political dynamics emerging from the talks during the 6th meeting of the Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) to date.

In this briefing, our panellists will brief from the ground in Geneva on the latest developments in negotiations on the Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (PABS) system.

🗓 Date: Wednesday, 25 March 2026

 🕒 Time: 2:30 pm CET 

📍 Zoom

Panel

K.M. Gopakumar, Senior Researcher and Legal Advisor at Third World Network (TWN)

Lauren Paremoer, Associate Professor at the University of Cape Town and member of the People's Health Movement (PHM)

Guilherme Faviero, Regulatory Attorney and Director at the AIDS Healthcare Foundation Global Public Health Institute at the University of Miami (AHF)

Pedro Villardi, Global Coordinator for Health Equity and Health Equity advisor for Inter-America at Public Services International (PSI)

Alessandra Tisi, Executive Secretary of the Geneva Global Health Hub (G2H2)

Register to confirm attendance: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_xzzg7U7QQj-ZtPDUV9BK4Q 

For more information, please contact [email protected]