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ArticleInternational journal of health policy and management2017

Is It Time to Say Farewell to the ISDS System? Comment on "The Trans-Pacific Partnership: Is It Everything We Feared for Health?"

Raphael Lencucha

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Article in International journal of health policy and management, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. TOBACCO, TRADE, AND THE RIGHT TO HEALTH.Canadian human rights yearbook = Annuaire canadien des droits de la personne · 2018
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  4. The TPP Is Dead, Long Live the TPP? A Response to Recent Commentaries.International journal of health policy and management · 2017
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5 · Who and what money

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1 author.

Raphael LencuchaSchool of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) continues to plague health-oriented government regulation. This is particularly reflected in recent challenges to tobacco control measures through bilateral investment agreements. There are numerous reform proposals circulating within the public health community. However, I suggest that perhaps it is time for the community to explore a stronger position on ISDS. I draw from mounting evidence on the problematic uses of the ISDS to explore the proposition that ISDS is no longer justified. I tackle the normative question of should the ISDS system persist and point out that the ISDS system is not justifiable from a development perspective and because of its nefarious use, is of no added value to a system that could rely on domestic courts.

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Dissent and DisputesInternational CooperationCommerceHealth PolicyHumansPublic HealthGovernment RegulationHealth PolicyInvestor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS)Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement

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PMID28812817
PMCPMC5417151

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