News and updates

As 2022 draws to a close, we’ve been reflecting on some of our highlights from the past year from our team, alumni and colleagues. It’s certainly been a big year, with special milestones and achievements to celebrate. Read more >: A look back at 2022

The McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer co-hosted a virtual workshop to bring government officials and civil society representatives from the EMRO region together to focus on plain packaging. Read more >: McCabe Centre hosts plain packaging workshop for Eastern Mediterranean region

This year saw three new staff members join the McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer throughout the year. Read more >: New to the team in 2022

From discussing digital marketing to preventing tobacco industry interference, colleagues from the European region came together in October to share ideas and perspectives in a workshop on law and tobacco control. Read more >: McCabe Centre collaborates with Norwegian Cancer Society, WHO, and WHO FCTC Secretariat on law and tobacco control workshop for European Region

Ten years ago today, Australia took a bold step and became the first country in the world to implement tobacco plain packaging, paving the way for countries across the world to do the same. Read more >: From Australia to the world: a decade of plain packaging

The McCabe Centre for Law & Cancer has launched its first ever accredited Mastercourse course for people from civil society, ‘Engaging with law and policy for cancer prevention and control’. Read more >: McCabe Centre completes first ever Mastercourse to provide training for civil society professionals

This week, members of the McCabe Centre for Law & Cancer team were part of important global conversations about cancer prevention, control and policy. Read more >: World Cancer Congress 2022: McCabe Centre team reunite to bring knowledge and research to colleagues from around the world

How does a good idea become a good law? Read more >: Animated video: making effective public health laws

One of the most effective tools in protecting people from the effects of tobacco is the law. Read more >: Animated video: Defending public health laws from legal challenges

The Pacific region is showing how the human rights framework can be used to promote healthy diets in the region and at the same time how healthy diets are a human rights issue. Read more >: How the human rights framework is being used to promote healthier diets in the Pacific region

A decade after launching as the only centre of its kind in the world, the McCabe Centre for Law & Cancer has released its 10-year impact report outlining its contribution to laws that prevent cancer and protect people affected by it. Read more >: Celebrating 10 years of advancing law to fight cancer

The Knowledge Hub for Legal Challenges, hosted by the McCabe Centre for Law & Cancer, collaborated with the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region Office and the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Secretariat to stage the workshop, which ran from 30 November to 8 December 2021, focusing on legal and regulatory measures for tobacco control.
Photo Credit: Unsplash Read more >: Collaborative workshop provides tools to strengthen legal implementation of the WHO FCTC in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

The McCabe Centre for Law & Cancer, in partnership with  Cancer Council Victoria’s Learning and Innovation Hub (LIH), have won three Gold Awards at the LEARNX Live! Awards, for their work on a new Online Legal Training Course. Read more >: Gold Awards for the McCabe Centre’s Online Legal Training Course