Timco Iacazzi Sabina

About

Sabina Timco Iacazzi is an international law specialist active in the field of global health. She holds the position of Treaty Officer within the Legal Affairs department of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, being responsible for the legal aspects of the World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. Her position in Geneva, Switzerland, places her at the center of an international body of crucial importance for global public health governance. The [WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control](https://fctc.who.int/convention) is the first international treaty negotiated under the auspices of the World Health Organization, adopted by the World Health Assembly on May 21, 2003, and entered into force on February 27, 2005. Sabina Timco Iacazzi works for an institution that has become one of the most rapidly and widely accepted treaties in the history of the United Nations, with 183 states parties and representing a turning point in the promotion of global public health. Her role as a legal officer involves her in the drafting, interpretation, and implementation of the legal framework governing tobacco control at the international level. Her work contributes to the convention's fundamental mission of protecting present and future generations from the health, social, economic, and environmental consequences of tobacco consumption. As part of the Secretariat of this convention, which operates under the coordination of the WHO, Sabina Timco Iacazzi participates in the development of policies and legal instruments that support member states in implementing effective tobacco control measures, including the regulation of tobacco production, sale, distribution, and advertising.