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2012 International Conference on FCTC

2012年菸草控制框架公約國際研討會


DATE: Tuesday-Wednesday, 23-24 October 2012


VENUE

Room 1301, Tsai Lecture Hall, College of Law, National Taiwan University, No.1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei City, 10617, Taiwan

國立台灣大學法律學院霖澤館1301室


Organizers

Bureau of Health Promotion, Department of Health, Executive Yuan, Taiwan

行政院衛生署國民健康局

and

Asian Center for WTO and International Health Law and Policy

College of Law, National Taiwan University

臺大法律學院亞洲WTO暨國際衛生法與政策研究中心


AGENDA

Tuesday, 23 October 2012

8:30-09:00

Registration

09:00-09:10

Welcome Remarks:

Professor Ming-yan Shieh (謝銘洋教授), Dean, NTU College of Law; Director, ACWH

Dr. Shu-ti Chiou (邱局長淑媞), M.D., Ph.D., Director-General, Bureau of Health Promotion, Department of Health, Taiwan

Session I

 National Experiences, the New Illicit Trade Protocol and Duty-free Sales

9:10- 10:50

Chairperson: Professor Obijiofor Aginam, Senior Academic Programme Officer, United Nations University

1.     Speaker: Dr. Shu-ti Chiou (邱局長淑媞), M.D., Ph.D., Director-General, Bureau of Health Promotion, Department of Health, Taiwan

Topic: The Implementation of the Spirit of the FCTC: Achievements over Three Years of the Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act

2.     Speaker: Professor Chang-fa Lo (羅昌發教授), Constitutional Court Justice, R.O.C.; Professor, National Taiwan University

Topic: Protocol on Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products, Tobacco Companies’ Market Segmentation and WTO Assessment

3.     Speaker: Professor Pei-kan Yang (楊培侃教授), Assistant Professor, Institute of Humanities in Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan

Topic: Trade-related Issues of Banning Duty-free Sales in Tobacco Products

10:50- 11:00

Tea Break

Session II

Tobacco Taxation and Price Policy

11:00- 12:30

Chairperson: Professor Tsai-yu Lin (林彩瑜教授), Deputy Director, ACWH; Department of International Business, Soochow University

4.     Speaker: Dr. Hana Ross, Managing Director, International Tobacco Control Research, American Cancer Society

Topic: Tobacco Taxes and Tobacco Use: Global Evidence

5.     Speaker: Professor Hsiao-wei Kuan (官曉薇教授), Assistant Professor, Department of Law, National Taipei University, Taiwan

Topic: Tax, Tobacco Control and Global Governance: A Local Challenge in Taiwan

12:30- 13:30

Lunch Break

Session III

Trade and Tobacco Control

13:30-15:10

Chairperson: Professor Tsai-yu Lin (林彩瑜教授), Deputy Director, ACWH; Department of International Business, Soochow University

6.   Speaker: Professor Andrew Mitchell/Tania Voon, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne

Topic: Plain Packaging in Australia: A Case Study

7.   Speaker: Professor Lukasz Gruszczynski, Assistant Professor, Polish Academy of Sciences

Topic: The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control as an International Standard under the TBT Agreement

8.     Speaker: Professor Ching-wen Hsueh (薛景文教授), Assistant Professor, Institute of Technology Law, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan

   Topic: Tobacco Labeling and the TBT Agreement

15:10-15:20

Tea Break

Session IV

Investment and Tobacco Control

15:20-17:00


Chairperson: Professor Chang-fa Lo (羅昌發教授), Constitutional Court Justice, R.O.C.; Professor, National Taiwan University

9.   Speaker: Professor Tsai-yu Lin (林彩瑜教授), Deputy Director, ACWH; Department of International Business, Soochow University

   Topic: Maintaining the Legitimate Stricter Tobacco Control Regulations in Investment Arbitration on Indirect Expropriation

10.  Speaker: Professor Tsai-fang Chen (陳在方教授), Assistant Professor, Institute of Technology Law, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan

   Topic: A Good Investment? Tobacco Control, Expropriation and Investor Protection



Wednesday, 24 October 2012


Session V

Issues Related to Smokeless Tobacco Products and Electronic Cigarettes

9:00- 10:20

Chairperson: Professor Oscar A. Cabrera, Visiting Professor of Law; Director of the O'Neill Institute for National & Global Health Law

11.  Speaker: Dr. Chuan-feng Wu (吳全峰博士), Assistant Research Fellow, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

Topic: Debate on the Regulation of Smokeless Tobacco: Paternalism vs. Autonomy

12.  Speaker: Professor Chang-fa Lo (羅昌發教授), Constitutional Court, Justice, R.O.C.; Professor, National Taiwan University

Topic: Uneasy Task of WHO FCTC to Regulate Smokeless Tobacco and E-Cigarettes: Different Legal Options to Tighten the Control beyond Cigarette-Based Model

Session VI

Establishing Smoke-free Environment

10:20-11:50

Chairperson: Dr. Hana Ross, Managing Director, International Tobacco Control Research, American Cancer Society

13.  Speaker: Professor Oscar A. Cabrera, Visiting Professor of Law; Director of the O'Neill Institute for National & Global Health Law

Topic: Human Rights and the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: Mutually Reinforcing Systems

14.  Speaker: Professor Fong-ching Chang (張鳳琴教授), Associate  Professor, Department of Health Promotion and Health Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan

Topic: Impact of the 2009 Taiwan Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act on Smoking Cessation

11:50-12:00

Closing Remarks: Professor Tsai-yu Lin (林彩瑜教授), Deputy Director, ACWH