WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
(asked on 24th November 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what legal basis the WHO's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control has in English law.
This question was answered on 8th December 2015
The World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control is an international treaty establishing general guidelines and principles for international governance on tobacco control. The United Kingdom ratified the Treaty in 2004 and takes its obligations under the Convention very seriously.