Making Tobacco Industry Pay (tobacco industry liability): Key challenges of the judicial route

Overview

MOP 3 side event: Making Tobacco Industry Pay (Tobacco Industry Liability): Empowering Parties to Implement Article 19 of the WHO FCTC

This side event explored approaches from FCTC Parties to the need to hold tobacco industry not just liable, but more importantly, accountable. This is in light of the need to consider innovative approaches given the innovative tactics of the tobacco industry to interfere in life saving measures. This is intended to support discussions around the draft decision on liability and accountability that seeks to enhance national and international cooperation in implementing Article 5.3 of the WHO FCTC in relation to Articles 17, 18 and 19 of the WHO FCTC to reduce tobacco industry interference. The event covered benefits and challenges in litigation, potential liability regimes and measures such as compensation mechanisms, standard in sanctions and penalties, and opportunities in the fields of plastics policy, sustainability reporting.