The Limits of Relying on Science to Regulate Global Risks

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An address to the Ninth Annual Cambridge International Law (CILJ) Conference in April 2020, in Panel 7: Regulating Risks to Health and Safety—Scientific and Technical Paradigms in International Law, by Margherita Melillo, Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for Procedural law, and Ph.D. Candidate, European University Institute.

Full title: “The Limits of Relying on Science to Regulate Global Risks: The Case of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control”

The Cambridge International Law Journal 9th Annual Cambridge International Law Conference on the theme of ‘International Law and Global Risks: Current Challenges in Theory and Practice‘ was held as an online webinar series due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

For more information about the conference, and the Journal, see http://cilj.co.uk/


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