Programme

Full conference programme including bios and abstracts online [pdf]

Wednesday 30 May 2018

Pre-conference seminar

Chair: Ms. Yi Zhang, LLM

• Prof. Roland Friele, the Netherlands Institute for Health Service Research (NIVEL), Coping with the challenges of quality and affordability in health care: the Dutch Health Care Insurance Act and the Youth Act
• Prof. Chenguang Wang, Law School, Tsinghua University, The Drafting of China's essential health care and health promotion law: major issues and debates

Thursday 31 May 2018 (World No Tobacco Day)

Opening of the conference

• Prof. Brigit Toebes, Academic director Global Health Law Groningen Research Centre University of Groningen
• Prof. Marcel Brus, Head of Department of Transboundary Legal Studies University of Groningen

Keynote address Prof. Amandine Garde, University of Liverpool

Chair: Prof. Brigit Toebes

From tobacco control to NCD Prevention: Addressing the commercial determinants of health in liberal market economies

Plenary session (track 1)

Chair: Prof. Steven Lierman

• Dr. Allyn Taylor, University of Washington (USA), Human Rights in the Origins of the FCTC
• Dr. Oscar Cabrera, University of Georgetown (USA), NCDs and Human Rights: Lessons from Tobacco Control applied to Unhealthy Food Regulation
• Prof. Andrew Mitchell, University of Melbourne (AU), If One Thai Bottle Should Accidentally Fall: Public Health, Alcohol Labelling and International Economic Law

Parallel session A (track 1)

Chair: Prof. Andrew Mitchell

• Dr. John Lombard, University of Limerick (IE), The Application of the Principle of Proportionality to the Plain-Packaging of Tobacco Products
• Dr. Yiannos Tolias, European Commission, Assessing the Proportionality of National Measures aiming to Restrict Trade in order to Protect Public Health
• Meaghan Beyer, LLM, University of Groningen (NL), Lessons learned from Tobacco Regulation: Immunizing NCD Regulation from Fatal Challenge in the International Trade and Investment Regimes

Parallel session B (track 1)

Chair: Dr. Oscar Cabrera

• Dr. Jitse van Dijk, University Medical Centre Groningen (NL), The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in Slovakia: Will the Sustainable Development Goals stimulate implementing it?
• Dr. Marie Elske Gispen, University of Groningen (NL), Children’s rights and NCD control: lessons from tobacco control
• Renate Dietvorst, LLM, University of Maastricht (NL), The role of the UNCRC in elementary schools in the prevention of NCD's and lifestyle related diseases

Parallel session C (track 2)

Chair: Dr. Marie Elske Gispen

• Sam Varvastian, LLM, Mykolas Romeris University (LT), Tobacco Liability as a Role Model? In Search for Improving Legal Pathways to Tackle Climate Change
• Dr. Obiajulu Nnamuchi, University of Nigeria (NI), Tobacco Control and Regulation in Africa: Constraints and Necessary Interventions
• Marlies Hesselman, LLM, University of Gronigen (NL), Regulating Household Cooking Fires as ‘Silent Killers in the Kitchen’: Lessons from/for Indoor Air Pollution as ‘Forgotten’ NCD Risk Factor for 3 Billion Persons

Parallel session D (track 3)

Chair: Mathijs van Westendorp, LLM, Msc

• Dr. Jasper Been, Erasmus MC Rotterdam (NL), Policy ideally requires robust evidence: the case of children and tobacco
• Dr. Laetitia Mulder, University of Groningen (NL), The Possible Effect of Laws on Norms – Insight from Social Psychology
• Michael Schreuders, Msc, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam (NL)

Conference dinner

Dinner speech by Prof. Chenguang Wang, Reflections on NCD law and policy in China

Friday 1 June

Keynote address Dr. Sakari Karjalainen, Association of European Cancer Leagues

Chair: Prof. Steven Lierman

The current political field on law and NCDs in Europe

Plenary session (track 4)

Chair: Prof. Brigit Toebes

• Prof. Stefania Negri, University of Salerno (IT), Law and Tobacco Control in Italy: smoke-free environments and smoking bans in private cars
• Esther Oldenkamp, LLM, Leiden University Medical Centre (NL), Theoretical Lessons Learned from Self-Regulation in Tobacco Control
• Dr. Robert Tabaszweski, University of Lublin (PL), Biopolitics, Politicians and Noncommunicable diseases: the Role of Policy-Makers in Prevention and Control of NCDs

Roundup session: what is next?

Chair: Prof. Steven Lierman

Roundtable “industry involvement” panel 1: Academic perspectives on the appropriate level of engagement between public and private entities

Chair: Dr. Marie Elske Gispen

• Welcome by Dr. Mando Rachovitsa, University of Groningen, co-convener of the seminar series on International Law for the Sustainable Development Goals
• Introduction to roundtable by Dr. Marie Elske Gispen, Managing Director Global Health Law Groningen Research Centre
• Prof. Brigit Toebes, Business and Human Rights as Applied to Noncommunicable Diseases
• Dr. Els Maeckelberghe, The Role of Private Companies in Disease Prevention and Treatment from an Ethical Perspective
• Dr. Lottie Lane, The Role of the State and Private Actors in Relation to Health and Human Rights from a Governance Perspective

Roundtable “industry involvement” panel 2: Perspectives from Communities of Practoce on the Appropriate level of Engagement between Public and Private Entities

Chair: Marlies Hesselman, LLM

• Discussant on tobacco: Laura Houtenbos (Dutch Cancer Society)
• Discussant on tobacco: Kabanda David (Center for Health, Human Rights and Development – CEHURD, Uganda)
• Discussant on pharmaceuticals: Dr. Christine Gispen – de Wied (Medicines Evaluation Board of the Netherlands/ co-founder Regulatory Science Network Netherlands)
• Discussant on pharmaceuticals: Dr. Ellen 't Hoen (Medicines Law & Policy)
• Discussant on food & beverages: Carolien Martens (Dutch Heart Foundation)
• Closing remarks by Dr. Marie Elske Gispen, Managing Director Global Health Law Groningen Research Centre