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Pacific Tobacco Control Workshop group photo
 

Workshop provides tools to progress tobacco control in the Pacific

Countries in the Pacific region are pushing forward with life-saving tobacco control laws despite significant challenges. To explore ways to overcome these challenges, the Knowledge Hub […]
 
Photo of Rachel Kitonyo Devotsu, Regional Coordinator for Africa, McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer
 

Q&A: What does Australia’s tobacco plain packaging win mean for other countries?

When the World Trade Organization (WTO) Appellate Body ruled in favour of Australia’s world-first tobacco plain packaging laws last June, it ended a decade-long legal battle […]
 
Sheryl Dennis Wright
 

Alumni in the spotlight: Sheryl

Sheryl Dennis Wright, an alumnus of the McCabe Centre for Law & Cancer (the Knowledge Hub on Legal Challenges)’s International Legal Training Program, is helping build […]
 
McCabe Centre Pacific Workshop
 

Pacific countries supported to overcome challenges to implementing WHO FCTC

Reducing the negative impact of tobacco is a major priority for Pacific Island Countries, as the region works to address a crisis of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). […]
 
 

New McCabe Centre paper on plain packaging WTO disputes

On 9 June 2020, the WTO Appellate Body ended almost a decade of litigation against Australia’s tobacco plain packaging laws with a comprehensive victory in favour […]
 
 

Alumni in the spotlight: Davi

Davi Bressler, an alumnus of the McCabe Centre for Law & Cancer (the Knowledge Hub on Legal Challenges)’s International Legal Training Program, is part of the […]
 
 

Workshop explores Australia’s plain packaging win and encourages other countries to follow suit

Tobacco plain packaging’s role as an effective and legally justified public health measure was on full display from 30 November – 3 December when government officials, […]
 
 

Webinar and editorial: Plain packaging – Lessons for the next round of implementing countries

The Knowledge Hub on Legal Challenges recently took part in the World Conference on Tobacco or Health Leadership Summit’s webinar titled ‘Plain packaging – Lessons for […]
 
 

McCabe Centre hosts first-ever online legal training course

The Knowledge Hub on Legal Challenges (McCabe Centre for Law & Cancer) wrapped up its 2020 online legal training course on law and noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) […]
 
 

Supreme Judicial Court of Panama dismisses constitutional challenge to enforcement of tobacco advertising ban

Contributed by: Ana María Palacio Valencia (PhD), International Legal Consultant   On 5 March 2020, Panama’s Supreme Court dismissed a constitutional action (Constitutional Amparo) brought against […]