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The Philip Morris v. Uruguay case ((スペイン語:Caso Philip Morris contra Uruguay)) started on 19 February 2010, when the multinational tobacco company Philip Morris International filed a complaint against Uruguay. The company complains that Uruguay's anti-smoking legislation devalues its cigarette trademarks and investments in the country and is suing Uruguay for compensation under the bilateral investment treaty between Switzerland and Uruguay.〔 (Philip Morris is headquartered in Lausanne.)〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title =Philip Morris International Management SA - Switzerland Operations Centre )〕 The treaty provides that disputes are settled by binding arbitration before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). Uruguay had received accolades from the World Health Organization and from anti-smoking activists for its anti-smoking campaign. == Uruguay's policies== In 2006, Uruguay under President Tabaré Vázquez, an oncologist by profession, began to enact comprehensive anti-smoking legislation. On 1 March 2006, Uruguay became the first country in Latin America to prohibit smoking in enclosed public spaces. In March 2008 the legislature approved Law 18.256 which includes six strategies of anti-smoking policy. Some of the measures by the government were the ban on selling different types of presentations of the same brand of cigarettes, the dissemination of images warning about the risks of smoking and covering at least 80% of the cigarette pack, raising of taxes, banning cigarette advertising in the media, and banning sponsorship of sports events. In addition, smoking was banned in public places such as offices, student centers, bars, restaurants, dances and public places, among others. The smokefree campaign "Libre de Humo de Tabaco" was gradually implemented by the "Ministerio de Salud Pública del Uruguay" (Ministry of Public Health of Uruguay).〔 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Philip Morris v. Uruguay」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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