November 25, 2020
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 […]
November 12, 2020
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) […]
October 28, 2020
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 […]
October 28, 2020
Contributed by: Ana María Palacio Valencia (PhD), International Legal Consultant El 5 de marzo de 2020 la Corte Suprema de Panamá negó una acción constitucional de […]
September 3, 2020
On 26 June 2020, the High Court of South Africa rejected an application lodged by the Fair-Trade Independent Tobacco Association (FITA) against the government’s regulations prohibiting […]
August 11, 2020
In this edition, we shine a spotlight on Dr Nor Aryana Hassan and Dr Nazlinda Abu Jazid Javis: two doctors in the NCD division of Malaysia’s Ministry of Health […]
July 7, 2020
The World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Appellate Body ended a decade of litigation on 9 June when it dismissed the last remaining legal challenge to Australia’s tobacco […]
June 16, 2020
The last remaining challenge to Australia’s tobacco plain packaging laws was dismissed on 9 June 2020. The World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Appellate Body (AB) found that […]
May 31, 2020
The McCabe Centre’s Regional Coordinator for Africa has been honoured by the World Health Organization for more than 15 years of leadership in tobacco control. *** […]
May 28, 2020
For World No Tobacco Day 2020, we are shining the spotlight on Evelyn Yeama Mannah. Evelyn is Parliamentary Counsel at the Ministry of Justice in Sierra […]