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[Australia] AUDIO: Ireland follows Aust lead on cigarette plain packaging
TONY EASTLEY: Australia's battle against the cigarette companies over plain packaging at the World Trade Organization may soon have some significant backing.
May 30, 2013
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) (au)
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May 30, 2013 01:27
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Plainly Constitutional: The Upholding of Plain Tobacco Packaging by the High Court of Australia (PDF)
While each legal challenge is pursued and decided in its own context and its own way, no challenge to tobacco control measures takes place in isolation, not least because of the FCTC, a global treaty with 176 Parties, each having committed, under interna
May 10, 2013
McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer (au)
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May 19, 2013 14:12
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Plainly Constitutional: The Upholding of Plain Tobacco Packaging by the High Court of Australia (PDF)
While each legal challenge is pursued and decided in its own context and its own way, no challenge to tobacco control measures takes place in isolation, not least because of the FCTC, a global treaty with 176 Parties, each having committed, under interna
May 10, 2013
McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer (au)
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May 19, 2013 14:12
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[Australia and Oceania] Australia's plain tobacco packaging law at the WTO
So the underlying interests fighting Australia’s plain packaging law are not developing countries, farmers or workers but the global tobacco industry. Tobacco companies have brought direct and indirect claims against Australia in every tribunal possible,
May 15, 2013
The Conversation (au)
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May 15, 2013 19:55
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SIMON/STEWART: Merchant of Death Steps Down: A Look at the Deadly Work of Philip Morris International's Outgoing CEO Louis Camilleri
During his tenure, nearly 30 million people died from tobacco-related causes globally. When will the tobacco industry’s largest player stop obstructing public policy in nations that are trying to save lives and reduce suffering among their citizens? With
May 13, 2013
AlterNet.org
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May 14, 2013 11:55
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Cuba Makes First WTO Dispute Targeting Australia Tobacco Rules
Cuba’s request for talks with Australia on the matter came May 3, according to an e-mail from the Geneva-based WTO today. If the two sides can’t resolve their differences in 60 days, Cuba may seek the establishment of a WTO dispute panel to rule on its c
May 6, 2013
Business Week/Bloomberg
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May 7, 2013 08:11
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RPT-UPDATE 1-Cuba launches challenge to Australian tobacco laws at WTO
By taking the first step in a dispute, Cuba has triggered a 60-day window for Australia to try to resolve the problem in talks with Cuba. After that Cuba could ask the WTO to appoint a panel of adjudicators to judge its complaint.
May 6, 2013
Reuters
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May 7, 2013 07:52
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Cuba seeks to legally challenge Australian plain packaging on tobacco products
First step in a trade dispute which could last for years First-ever challenge from Cuba since its joined WTO in 1995 Complaint says plain packs breach intellectual property rights
May 6, 2013
AAP (Australian Associated Press) (au)
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May 7, 2013 07:51
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Cuba Challenges Australian Tobacco Rules
Cuba, the world’s dominant producer of fine cigars, has filed a “request for consultations” with Australia, Keith Rockwell, a spokesman for the W.T.O., said from Geneva, where the organization is based. The two nations now have 60 days to reach an agree
May 7, 2013
New York Times
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May 7, 2013 02:15
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AYMERIC: Legal challenges of any tobacco plain packaging laws bound to fail in New Zealand
Intellectual property1 lawyers like myself are moved to ponder questions such as: does plain packaging amount to a breach of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act? Is it a compulsory acquisition of property rights ... One thing is clear: the plain packagi
May 6, 2013
Mondaq
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May 6, 2013 14:09