WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

The ACWH specializes in international trade and international public health, placing substantial emphasis on current issues research. Since 2007, in corporation with the Health Promotion Administrative, Ministry of Health and Welfare, the ACWH executes a research program regarding the matters elaborated in the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). The research is conducted under the instruction of leading scholars in relevant field of international public health and with the assistance of LL.M. students, and is effectively conducted at a level of high academic and professional standards. We sincerely hope that our constant and continuous efforts will be of help to facilitate the negotiation and to perfect the future protocol on illicit trade as well as other documents.