IBFAN BRIEFING PAPERS INDEX

Nestlé and the marketing of baby foods

• Nestlé and the International Code: Where do they differ? A dozen ways in which Nestlé misinterprets the International Code. An analysis by the International Code Documentation Centre (pdf updated April 2005).

• Nestlé's public relations machine exposed. Nestlé spends a fortune trying to divert criticism of its baby food marketing, but does it tell the truth? (pdf April 2005).

• Building on Quicksand? The Global Compact, democratic governance and Nestlé

• Don't Judge a Book by its Cover - The truth behind Nestlé's book: Nestlé implementation of the WHO Code - Official Responses of Governments. Evaluation by IBFAN group Baby Milk Action.
  
  

• Does Nestlé's Monitoring Report Comply with The International Code? A Legal Evaluation of The Nestlé Report Nestlé Implementation of the WHO Code by a Consultant for The International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) and The Geneva Infant Feeding Association (GIFA)

ICDC briefing on outrageous health claims 2005 (pdf file)

IBFAN report: Child Rights and Health. NGOs Making a Difference. Analysis of the CRC Committee's Conclusing Observations (1993 - 2003) (pdf)

Checks and Balances in the Global Economy - Using International Tools to Stop Corporate Malpractice - Does it Work? Lessons from 25 years of the baby food campaign, including recommendations to other campaigns

Look What They're Doing! - A set of five pamphlets exposing new marketing trends.

‘We the Peoples’ or ‘We the Corporations’? Critical reflections on UN-business ‘partnerships’ by Judith Richter (publication announcement with link to pdf version).

International Labour Organisation Convention on Maternity Benefits

• Maternity Protection at the Workplace - Ratifying ILO Convention 183

• Breastfeeding: Everyone Benefits - How supporting a working mother's right to breastfed benefits everyone
  
  
• The Proposed ILO Maternity Protection Convention 2000 - opportunities a challenges of the revision of ILO Convention number 103 and Recommendation 95 relating to maternity benefits