The International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes

An International Measure to Protect and Promote Breast-Feeding
1. Auflage 1998
ISBN: 978-90-411-1100-5
Verlag: Wolters Kluwer

Buch, Englisch, Band 40, 328 Seiten, PB, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 308 g

Reihe: Nijhoff Law Specials

The International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes is the first original legal instrument of its kind adopted by the World Health Organization, in cooperation with UNICEF. The International Code, for the first time at the international plane, deals with a health issue that is of considerable importance to any society, namely, the healthy growth and development of infants.

This volume is a thorough analysis of the provisions of the international code, and gives a detailed account of its history.

The aim of the International Code and its material scope and definitions and certain known marketing practices to promote the use of breast-milk substitutes are described, as well as its implementation and the question of whether or not Member States of WHO are under a legal obligation to implement it. Modes of implementation are addressed, as is the monitoring of the International Code by States, individually and collectively, as well as self-monitoring by the infant-food industry, and the role of NGOs, institutions and individuals in the process.

An appendix, containing the text of the International Code, and the relevant resolutions of the World Health Assembly and the Executive Board of WHO, a bibliography and a detailed index conclude the volume.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shubber, Sami

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface. Part I: The History of the International Code. I. The Historical Development of the International Code. II. The Final Phase of the Preparation of the International Code (January-May 1981). Part II: The International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes. III. The Aim of the International Code. IV. The Material Scope of the International Code. V. Definitions of the International Code. VI. Information and Education under the Regime of the International Code. VII. Advertising and Promotion of Products Covered by the International Code. VIII. The Position of the Health Care System Under the International Code. IX. The Position of the Health Workers Under the International Code. X. Company Employees. XI. Labelling. XII. Quality of Food Products Covered by the International Code. XIII. Implementation of the International Code. XIV. The Monitoring of the International Code. XV. Conclusions. Part III: Appendices. Bibliography. Index.