Margherita Melillo (OâEUR (TM) Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law

Weaponising Evidence (eBook, PDF)

A History of Tobacco Control in International Law

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Weaponising Evidence provides the first analysis of the history of the international law on tobacco control. By relying on a vast set of empirical sources, it analyses the negotiation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) and the tobacco control disputes lodged before the WTO and international investment tribunals (Philip Morris v Uruguay and Australia - Plain Packaging). The investigation focuses on two main threads: the instrumental use of international law in the warlike confrontation between the tobacco control advocates and the tobacco industry, and the use of evidence as a weapon in the conflict. The book unveils important lessons on the functioning of international organizations, the role of corporate actors and civil society organizations, and the importance and limits of science in law-making and litigation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Januar 2024
• ISBN-13: 9781009354370
• Artikelnr.: 70910227

Autorenporträt

Margherita Melillo is an Associate at the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law of Georgetown University, where she works on research, training and advocacy for non-communicable diseases policies.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Lawfare and evidence in the International Law on Tobacco
control; 2. The negotiation of the WHO framework convention on Tobacco
control: building an evidence-based treaty; 3. The activities of the FCTC
conference of the parties: advancing an evidence-based regime; 4. Philip
Morris v Uruguay (ICSID) and Australia - Plain packaging (WTO): strategic
evidentiary challenges against tobacco control measures; 5. Conclusions:
lessons learnt on Lawfare and evidence; Index.