Advocacy Tools for the Fight for the Right to Health
When people think of tobacco, they often think of it as a public health problem, but it is a human rights problem as well.
The marketing and sale of tobacco violate the right to health and life of people all around the world.
ASH has been working to convince both the tobacco control community and the human rights community that it is time to address tobacco through a human rights based approach. The resources found in this database are designed to help advocates achieve that goal. This hub is meant as a living resource and will be frequently updated with new information.
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Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) and 38 signatory organizations wish the 59th session of the Human Rights Council every success and sincerely hope that the council will continue to promote the “right of everyone to the enjoyment of the…
This Saturday, May 31, is World No Tobacco Day. Each year, the World Health Organization sets a theme that highlights a crucial element of the fight to end the tobacco epidemic. This year, ASH joins the WHO in “Unmasking the…
The tobacco industry is relentlessly targeting children in Indonesia, using widespread advertising, promotion, and sponsorship of tobacco products through all types of media. Involvement of children in tobacco farming also places children in serious health and safety risk. But the…
As we move towards a tobacco and nicotine free society it is critical that we assist those who work in the tobacco industry find alternative livelihoods. Article 17 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) emphasizes the importance…
Recently, momentum has been growing around the human rights field understanding the extreme harm caused by tobacco companies. This is made particularly evident by an important win in a technical policy paper – a win that is directly related to…
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Author: Prof. Dr. Judith Mackay, Director, Asian Consultancy on Tobacco Control, Hong Kong The birth of the FCTC I clearly remember the 26 October 1993 when Professor Ruth Roemer from the University of California Los Angeles invited me to breakfast…
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If you have a resource you’d like to see added to this Human Rights Hub or a question on how to utilize these resources, please email Kelsey Romeo-Stuppy at romeo-stuppyk@ash.org.
