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Dear friends, The tobacco giant Philip Morris is suing Uruguay for having some
of the best anti-smoking laws in the world, and there’s a good chance it could
win, unless we strengthen the fight in court. It's a scary reality that one
company, whose product kills, could overturn laws that protect our public
health. But if our community's voices are brought into court by a world class
legal team, we could fight back with a force no judge could ignore, showing how
this sets an unacceptable precedent for the world.Let’s tell the court that
this doesn’t just affect Uruguay -- if Big Tobacco gets their way it opens the
door for challenges everywhere -- companies already have at least 4 other
countries in their crosshairs, and many more have anti-smoking laws at risk. We
have to move fast -- the court is already hearing arguments. Click to protect
our public health and our democracies from corporate greed -- each of our names
will be submitted to the court:
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/uruguay_vs_big_tobacco_loc/?tFYWOabUruguay requires
80% of the cigarette package to be covered with medical warnings and graphic
images. Smoking had reached crisis levels, killing around 7 Uruguayans each
day, but since this law was put in place smoking has decreased every year! Now
tobacco giant Philip Morris is arguing that the warning labels leave no space
for its trademarks. It's all part of a global Philip Morris strategy to sue and
intimidate countries. The company already slapped an expensive lawsuit on
Australia -- and if it wins against Uruguay, it could run cases against more
than a hundred other countries including France, Norway, New Zealand and
Finland who are all considering new life-saving legislation. Experts say Philip
Morris has a good chance of winning because it’s using a closed door
international tribunal that ruled for corporations two-thirds of the time last
year. And their rulings are binding, even though many of the judges are private
citizens with corporate ties instead of impartial legal experts. It’s up to us
to force them to consider the devastating effect their ruling could have on
health across the world.Uruguay has its own legal team, but they’re rightly
focused on arguing their individual defence. We can submit a unique legal
argument about how this ruling would set a precedent for every country with
smoking laws and a similar trade agreement. And we can show the court that
public opinion is behind them if they rule in favour of Uruguay and health
protection everywhere. The more of us sign, the harder it is for the court to
ignore us. Click below to join the call and forward this email to everyone:
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/uruguay_vs_big_tobacco_loc/?tFYWOabWhen big
corporations launch deadly attacks on our public good, our community has jumped
into action -- from Monsanto to H&M, we've made sure that profits don't come
before people. This is our chance to do it again, for all of us.With hope,Emma,
Maria Paz, Katie, Mais, Alice, Ricken, Risalat and the whole Avaaz teamMORE
INFORMATIONUruguay sued by cigarette makers over anti-smoking laws
(BBC)http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-30708063Philip Morris Sues
Uruguay Over Graphic Cigarette Packaging
(NPR)http://www.npr.org/blogs/goatsandsoda/2014/09/15/345540221/philip-morris-sues-uruguay-over-graphic-cigarette-packagingBig
Tobacco puts countries on trial as concerns over TTIP deals mount (The
Independent)http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/big-tobacco-puts-countries-on-trial-as-concerns-over-ttip-deals-mount-9807478.htmlThe
Secret Trade Courts (New York
Times)http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/27/opinion/27mon3.html?_r=1&Recent Trends
in IIAs and ISDS (UN Conference on Trade and
Development)http://unctad.org/en/PublicationsLibrary/webdiaepcb2015d1_en.pdfThe
arbitration game (The
Economist)http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21623756-governments-are-souring-treaties-protect-foreign-investors-arbitration
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From: Emma Ruby-Sachs - Avaaz <[email protected]>
Date: 13 April 2015 at 10:57
Subject: The tobacco giant against us all
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Big tobacco is suing Uruguay
for their anti-smoking laws. If they win, it will threaten public health laws
everywhere and prove one corporation can trump the public good, even when its
product kills! Avaaz can hire a world-class legal team to present our voices in
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Dear friends,
The tobacco giant Philip Morris is
suing Uruguay for having some of the best anti-smoking laws in the world, and
there’s a good chance it could win, unless we strengthen the fight in court.
It's a scary reality that one company, whose product kills, could overturn laws
that protect our public health. But if our community's voices are brought into
court by a world class legal team, we could fight back with a force no judge
could ignore, showing how this sets an unacceptable precedent for the world.
Let’s tell the court that this doesn’t just affect Uruguay -- if Big Tobacco
gets their way it opens the door for challenges everywhere -- companies already
have at least 4 other countries in their crosshairs, and many more have
anti-smoking laws at risk.
We have to move fast -- the court is already hearing arguments. Click to
protect our public health and our democracies from corporate greed -- each of
our names will be submitted to the court:
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/uruguay_vs_big_tobacco_loc/?bFYWOab&v=56856
Dear friends,
The tobacco giant Philip Morris is
suing Uruguay for having some of the best anti-smoking laws in the world, and
there’s a good chance it could win, unless we strengthen the fight in court.
It's a scary reality that one company, whose product kills, could overturn laws
that protect our public health. But if our community's voices are brought into
court by a world class legal team, we could fight back with a force no judge
could ignore, showing how this sets an unacceptable precedent for the world.
Let’s tell the court that this doesn’t just affect Uruguay -- if Big Tobacco
gets their way it opens the door for challenges everywhere -- companies already
have at least 4 other countries in their crosshairs, and many more have
anti-smoking laws at risk.
We have to move fast -- the court is already hearing arguments. Click to
protect our public health and our democracies from corporate greed -- each of
our names will be submitted to the court:
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/uruguay_vs_big_tobacco_loc/?bFYWOab&v=56856
Uruguay requires 80% of the cigarette
package to be covered with medical warnings and graphic images. Smoking had
reached crisis levels, killing around 7 Uruguayans each day, but since this law
was put in place smoking has decreased every year! Now tobacco giant Philip
Morris is arguing that the warning labels leave no space for its trademarks.
It's all part of a global Philip Morris strategy to sue and intimidate
countries. The company already slapped an expensive lawsuit on Australia -- and
if it wins against Uruguay, it could run cases against more than a hundred
other countries including France, Norway, New Zealand, and Finland who are all
considering new life-saving legislation.
Experts say Philip Morris has a good chance of winning because it’s using a
closed door international tribunal that ruled for corporations two-thirds of
the time last year. And their rulings are binding, even though many of the
judges are private citizens with corporate ties instead of impartial legal
experts. It’s up to us to force them to consider the devastating effect their
ruling could have on health across the world.
Uruguay has its own legal team, but they’re rightly focused on arguing their
individual defence. We can submit a unique legal argument about how this ruling
would set a precedent for every country with smoking laws and a similar trade
agreement. And we can show the court that public opinion is behind them if they
rule in favour of Uruguay and health protection everywhere.
The more of us sign, the harder it is for the court to ignore us. Click below
to join the call and forward this email to everyone:
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/uruguay_vs_big_tobacco_loc/?bFYWOab&v=56856
When
big corporations launch deadly attacks on our public good, our community has
jumped into action -- from Monsanto to H&M, we've made sure that profits don't
come before people. This is our chance to do it again, for all of us.
With hope,
Emma, Maria Paz, Katie, Mais, Alice, Ricken, Risalat and the whole Avaaz team
MORE INFORMATION
Uruguay sued by cigarette makers over anti-smoking laws (BBC)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-30708063
Philip Morris Sues Uruguay Over Graphic Cigarette Packaging (NPR)
http://www.npr.org/blogs/goatsandsoda/2014/09/15/345540221/philip-morris-sues-uruguay-over-graphic-cigarette-packaging
Big Tobacco puts countries on trial as concerns over TTIP deals mount (The
Independent)
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/big-tobacco-puts-countries-on-trial-as-concerns-over-ttip-deals-mount-9807478.html
The Secret Trade Courts (New York Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/27/opinion/27mon3.html?_r=1&;
Recent Trends in IIAs and ISDS (UN Conference on Trade and Development)
http://unctad.org/en/PublicationsLibrary/webdiaepcb2015d1_en.pdf
The arbitration game (The Economist)
http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21623756-governments-are-souring-treaties-protect-foreign-investors-arbitration
Avaaz.org is a 41-million-person global campaign network that works to ensure
that the views and values of the world's people shape global decision-making.
("Avaaz" means "voice" or "song" in many languages.) Avaaz members live in
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continents and operates in 17 languages. Learn about some of Avaaz's biggest
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