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International Law and the Milk Code by Allyssa Kassandra Luces is a document available to read on EtoBox.

The Supreme Court ruled that the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes (ICMBS) and related World Health Assembly (WHA) resolutions are not part of Philippine law as they are merely recommendatory and non-binding. The court emphasized that international laws can only become domestic law through transformation or incorporation, which requires legislative approval. Since the ICMBS and WHA resolutions were not adopted as treaties or customary international laws by the Senate, they cannot be

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Allyssa Kassandra Luces

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