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