Human Rights and the Tobacco Industry: An Unsuitable Alliance

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Global Health Law Groningen Research Centre, Department of Transboundary Legal Studies, Faculty of Law, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

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Dear Editor,

The United Nations (UN), non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and human rights experts have increasingly insisted on the human rights responsibilities of non-state actors including private businesses and multinational corporations... (Read more...)

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  • Receive Date: 10 December 2017
  • Revise Date: 10 January 2018
  • Accept Date: 13 January 2018
  • First Publish Date: 01 July 2018

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