UNCTAD | Competition Law and Consumer Protection Policy

Competition Law and Consumer Protection Policy

The objective of UNCTAD's work on competition and consumer policies is to ensure that partner countries enjoy the benefits of increased competition, open and contestable markets, private sector investment in key sectors and ultimately that consumers achieve improved welfare.

The Competition and Consumer Policies Programme services the Intergovernmental Group of Experts (IGE) on Competition Law and Policy and the Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Consumer Protection Law and Policy annually, undertakes competition policy peer reviews, publishes the UNCTAD Model law on competition and the Handbook on competition legislation and implements sector specific and economy-wide competition and consumer policies reforms that create a level playing field amongst companies and consumers, increasing the effectiveness of antitrust and consumer protection policies.

The highest intergovernmental body is the United Nations review Conferences to Review the Set on Competition policy which is held every five years.

The Research Partnership Platform work stream are circulated and feed into to the IGE and inform their discussions.

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Events and Meetings

Start Date	Title	Location	Country
10-12 Jul 2019	Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Competition Law and Policy, eighteenth session	Geneva	Switzerland
08-09 Jul 2019	Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Consumer Protection Law and Policy, fourth session	Geneva	Switzerland
12 Sep 2018	Lecture on Competition and Consumer Protection in Developing Countries – Faculty of Law of the University of São Paulo	Sao Paolo	Brazil
11 Sep 2018	UNCTAD and Brazil’s Minister of Justice Open the International Seminar on Good Practices on Business Engagement in Consumer Protection	Sao Paolo	Brazil
10 Sep 2018	Meeting at IDEC, Instituto Brasileiro de Defesa do Consumidor (Brazilian Institute for Consumer Protection	Sao Paulo	Brazil
11 Jul 2018	Nineth Meeting of the Research Partnership Platform on Competition and Consumer Protection	Geneva	Switzerland
11-13 Jul 2018	Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Competition Law and Policy, seventeenth session	Geneva	Switzerland
09-10 Jul 2018	Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Consumer Protection Law and Policy, third session	Geneva	Switzerland
07-08 Jun 2018	UNCTAD's COMPAL Programme hosts its Annual Conference	Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic
06 Jun 2018	UNCTAD trains Dominican Republic judges on consumer protection	Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic

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News

13 July 2018Botswana greets scrutiny of competition law and policy

Botswana welcomes voluntary peer review of legal and institutional competition framework, underlining its government’s commitment to a fair business environment and protecting consumers

12 July 2018Competition policy ensures markets work for people over profit

Governments need to keep markets fair and competitive, so that consumers have access to the best goods and services at the lowest price

05 July 2018Audio-visual sports rights experts step up to the plate

The battle for audio-visual rights to sports events is as fierce as the action on the field, and competition regulators in developing countries must be prepared to play the game

03 July 2018Consumer rights can spur development, meeting hears

When consumer interests are protected, social and economic progress follows – supporting countries to meet the Sustainable Development Goals

08 June 2018Unity needed to shield people and markets from digital giants

UNCTAD Secretary-General tells Latin American consumer protection and competition authorities they must band together to tame the abusive power of dominant players in the global digital economy.

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