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Success: CRC Calls to Protect Children’s Rights by Strengthening Tobacco Policies

March 20, 2026

Recently, momentum for a human rights-based approach to tobacco control has been growing, as the human rights field increasingly understands the extreme harm caused by tobacco companies. This is made particularly evident by an important victory in a Concluding Observation from a human rights treaty body– a win that is directly related to advocacy efforts from ASH and our partners in the tobacco control

Protect Children, End Tobacco Exploitation in Colombia

February 9, 2026

The tobacco industry is relentlessly targeting children in Colombia, using widespread advertising, promotion, and sponsorship of tobacco products through all types of media. But the truth is far darker: tobacco kills millions, and these tactics violate children’s human rights. We Are Taking Action. 32 organizations are jointly reporting these violations

Protect Children, End Tobacco Exploitation in Spain

February 9, 2026

The tobacco industry is relentlessly targeting children in Spain, using widespread advertising, promotion, and sponsorship of tobacco products through all types of media. But the truth is far darker: tobacco kills millions, and these tactics violate children’s human rights. We Are Taking Action. 64 organizations are jointly reporting these violations

Protect Children, End Tobacco Exploitation in Indonesia

May 13, 2025

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 truth is far darker: tobacco kills millions, and these tactics

Women’s Rights Movement’s Impact on Tobacco Control

March 7, 2025

Recently, with the 20th anniversary of the WHO tobacco treaty (the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, FCTC), the tobacco control community has highlighted the FCTC’s contribution to other subject areas; many of which are taking the lessons learned and best practices and applying them to their fields. However, for International

UN Committee calls on Germany: Protect children from second-hand smoke, tobacco advertising and child labour

October 13, 2022

UN Committee calls on Germany: Protect children from second-hand smoke, tobacco advertising and child labour Joint Statement from Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and Unfairtobacco who submitted parallel reports to the UN Committee calling for these recommendations BERLIN, GERMANY and WASHINGTON, DC, USA

ASH (and Partner) Treaty Reporting

February 5, 2019

This page contains submitted and upcoming civil society reports organized by international human rights treaty body. Learn About the Treaties Learning Resources ASH and our partners have followed the lead of the Human Rights and Tobacco Control Network and have submitted country reports to treaty bodies, as countries are called for reporting.

International Human Rights Treaty Bodies

February 5, 2019

There are nine core international human rights treaties, and many of these treaties pertain to tobacco control. Since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, all UN Member States have ratified at least one core international human rights treaty, and 80 percent have ratified four or

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