Health

World Health Organization's Framework Convention for Tobacco Control

Introduction
In late May 2003, the World Health Assembly of the World Health Organization (WHO) will consider adoption of the Framework Convention for Tobacco Control (FCTC). The Intergovernmental Negotiating Body agreed on the proposed FCTC in early March 2003 and transmitted the treaty to the World Health Assembly. [1] The FCTC represents the first time in WHO's history that it has exercised its powers to adopt a treaty under Article 19 of its Constitution. [2] The FCTC is an important international legal development in the area of global public health.
Topic: 
Topic 1
Volume: 
8
Issue: 
6
Author: 
David P. Fidler
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Global
Health
International Organizations

Public Health and “Counterfeit” Medicines: The Role of the World Health Organization

Introduction

The normative and policy-setting functions of the World Health Organization (“WHO”) have been substantially influenced by the differences of opinion within WHO’s membership about the impact of trade and intellectual property (“IP”) rules on public health. In particular, WHO members differ as to the organization’s role in addressing the perceived failure of the pharmaceutical market to generate safe and affordable medicines for diseases predominantly affecting developing countries.

Topic: 
Topic 1
Volume: 
17
Issue: 
2
Author: 
Gian Luca Burci
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insight130111.pdf
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Organizations of Note: 

World Health Organization

World Health Assembly

International Medical Products Anti-Counterfeiting Taskforce — IMPACT

Working Group of Member States on
Substandard/spurious/falsely-labelled/falsified/
counterfeit medical products

INTERPOL

Related Terms / Attribute Tags: 
Development
Global
Health
Human Rights
Intellectual Property
International Economic Law
International Organizations
Science and Technology
Trade and Investment
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International Law in Brief

European Court of Human Rights Rules Against Norway in Deep Sea Divers Dispute (December 5, 2013)

Author: 
Steven Arrigg Koh

On December 5, 2013, a Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights ruled by majority in Vilnes

Monitoring the Implementation of CEDAW toward Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights

The American Society of International Law and ASIL Academic Partner American University Washington College of Law's Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law are pleased to present a three-part continuing legal education (CLE) series to provide a forum for the better understanding and discussion of human rights and humanitarian law theory.This first course will focus on how human rights related to sexual and reproductive health are enshrined in the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), governmental obligations to implement those rights, and m