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The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

February 5, 2019

…and freedoms. These include, but are not limited to the right to life, the right to the highest attainable standard of health and the right to education. COP 3 No…

Parallel issues

February 5, 2019

…WHO Recommendations with a human rights framework, particularly the Convention on the Rights of the Child. In this analysis, the CRC provides the foundation for a child rights-based approach to…

Academic articles

February 5, 2019

…right to health alongside several other rights that speak for covering tobacco control under human rights law. Articles Focused on Children’s Rights A Missing Voice: The Human Rights of Children…

Using Human Rights Arguments in Litigation

February 5, 2019

Some advocates have begun using human rights arguments in litigation against the tobacco industry. Below are several cases relevant to human rights, but this list is far from exhaustive of…

Tobacco and Human Rights Hub

February 5, 2019

…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…

A World Without Tobacco Deaths

May 30, 2018

…too young to know the reality of what his addiction would entail. He couldn’t give up smoking despite ongoing sickness, and unfortunately, his smoking addiction eventually took his life. All…

Action Review: First Quarter Edition 2018

April 10, 2018

Tobacco as a Human Rights Violation If you didn’t see it this past week, here’s our video explaining tobacco as a human rights violation. With yesterday being World Health Day,…

A human rights approach to tobacco control

January 12, 2018

…to life, right to health, right to education, children’s rights, women’s rights, and many others. For example, the tobacco industry often targets their marketing to specific populations based on gender,…

Why I Fight: Jane’s Dad

December 14, 2017

…as he would have always played second fiddle to my grandfather. Instead, armed with his pathology prize to persuade his reluctant father he was doing the right thing, Dad embarked…

Open Letter to PMI from 123 Organizations

September 14, 2017

…smoke, and the extremely addictive nature of nicotine, the marketing and sale of cigarettes violates several universally accepted human rights, in particular the right to life and the right to…

Human Rights Day 2016

December 7, 2016

…those goals. But how does tobacco apply directly to human rights issues and protected groups? Tobacco negatively impacts the right to life, right to health, right to education, children’s rights,…

2015 was a Very Bad Year for the Tobacco Industry

December 18, 2015

…meet the definition of manslaughter, but no prosecutor has yet brought them to justice. • Human rights – All individuals have the right to life and health. The tobacco industry…

Human Rights Day 2015

December 8, 2015

…in 1948. The UDHR and other human rights treaties, both international and regional, protect myriad rights around the world, including the rights of women and children, and the right to…

Criminal Cases about Consumer Products

December 2, 2015

…other consumer products that have resulted in criminal cases. While each of these cases represents a terrible loss of life, all of them pale in comparison to the number of…

Argentine Supreme Court upholds tobacco marketing ban

November 3, 2015

…any constitutional rights. On the contrary, they seek to meet the constitutional obligation to guarantee the fundamental rights to health and life”, stands Verónica Schoj, Executive Director of the Fundación…

Human Rights Violations

October 22, 2015

…for human rights violations. There are many treaty options, and they encompass many different human rights that are implicated in tobacco production, marketing, and sales. Check out our human rights…

Breaking: Tobacco Carve-Out in TPP

October 5, 2015

…right of governments to regulate tobacco without fear of expensive lawsuits. The tobacco industry, along with its allies in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other groups, fought hard to…

What does peanut butter have to do with tobacco?

September 21, 2015

…court system, with both civil litigation and a criminal case. In July of this year, the U.S. Probation Office recommended a life sentence for Stewart Parnell, the former CEO of…

Tobacco & Human Rights in Latin America

June 2, 2015

…rights court, could be based on the violation of the right to health and could include violations of other rights such as the right to life, women’s rights and child…

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