Unhealthy foods, non-communicable diseases and the right to health 2014, para. 57
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- Giving primacy to international trade over the right to health has widespread repercussions on public health. For instance, under international trade agreements, States have sometimes expressed concerns about requirements in other States' domestic nutrition labelling policies, which have been instituted to attain public health goals. Such practices may restrict the policy space of developing countries in favour of attracting FDI and avoiding economic sanctions. Bilateral investment treaties may subvert existing internationally agreed upon guidelines and lower tariff and non-tariff barriers to trade, allowing freer import and export of unhealthy food products. For instance, free trade agreements have been directly linked to an increased consumption of soft drinks.
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2014
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Reference
- SR Health, Report to the HRC (2014), A/HRC/26/31, para. 57.
- Paragraph number
- 57
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