Financial implications of emerging challenges for the implementation of the FCTC - Governance of Tobacco in the 21stCentury, Harvard University, 26-27 February 2013

Velásquez, Germán2014-02-182014-02-182013-02http://hdl.handle.net/10625/52438Annex 7 of the final technical reportPowerPoint presentationMore than 3,000 Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) have been signed worldwide granting legal protection to foreign investors. Thus, are tribunals under BITs or the dispute settlement body of World Trade Organization the appropriate fora to solve disputes on tobacco control measures of the World Health Organization – Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) implementation? Is it time to re-think conventions and adopt instead a new kind of international dispute-settlement body for health related issues?Text1 digital file (21 p. : ill.)application/pdfenTOBACCO CONTROLFISCAL POLICYGLOBAL HEALTHWHO FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON TOBACCO CONTROLBILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENTSFOREIGN INVESTMENTTOBACCO INDUSTRYWTOHEALTH GOVERNANCEFinancial implications of emerging challenges for the implementation of the FCTC - Governance of Tobacco in the 21stCentury, Harvard University, 26-27 February 2013Presentation