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Fig. 1

From: The utilisation of legal instruments by United Nations actors to restrict the exposure of children to unhealthy food and beverage marketing: a qualitative content analysis of UN instruments

Fig. 1

A hierarchy of relevant global health law instruments

Under the WHO Convention, the WHO has the ability to introduce binding regulations, but only for specific health topics like infectious disease prevention, none of which relate to preventing non-communicable diseases. WHO Regulations are therefore not indicated in Fig. 1. While the instruments in category C are all different in their construction, legally they have the same standing as non-binding instruments [13]

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Globalization and Health

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