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33 Countries Support Human Rights Based Approach to UN Plastic Pollution Treaty

March 17, 2023

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March 17, 2023 | Geneva, Switzerland Andres del Castillo of Peru addresses the UN Human Rights Council on behalf of Peru, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Vanuatu, Brazil, Portugal, Luxemburg, Malta, Armenia, Chile, Mexic...

ASH at the UN Human Rights Council 50th Session

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September 2, 2022

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June 2022 - ASH staff had the opportunity to participate in the United Nations Human Rights Council 50th session, in Geneva, Switzerland. The Human Rights Council is an “inter-governmental body within the Unite...

Joint Statement: 4th UN HRC Intersessional Meeting on Human Rights & the 2030 Agenda

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January 18, 2022

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Click here to download a PDF of the statement Statement to the Fourth Human Rights Council intersessional meeting for Dialogue and Cooperation on Human Rights and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development...

The Right to Health and Cessation

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August 13, 2021

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ASH Statement for the 46th Session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC)

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March 3, 2021

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Submitted to the UN Human Rights Council on March 3, 2021. ...

WHO FCTC Head of the Secretariat Dr. Adriana Blanco Marquizo at the UN Human Rights Council

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January 15, 2021

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On January 14, 2021, Dr. Adriana Blanco Marquizo, Head of the FCTC Secretariat, presented to the UN Human Rights Council about the connections between tobacco, Covid-19, and the development agenda. Watch her pr...

Tobacco control in the United States: Failure to protect the right to health

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June 23, 2020

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ASH published an editorial in Tobacco Prevention and Cessation, the official journal of ENSP, the European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention. The editorial was co-signed by: African American Toba...

NGO Joint Submission to the UN Human Rights Coucil

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May 29, 2020

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In advance of the 44th session of the United Nations Human Right’s Council (HRC) this June, ASH and several partners submitted a formal statement addressing tobacco in the global human rights agenda. Read ou...

15 Organizations Report to the UN Human Rights Council that the U.S. Fails to Protect the Right to Health

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October 3, 2019

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Media Contact: Megan Arendt arendtm@ash.org (202) 390 – 9513 Read the UPR Submission Here WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 3, 2019 – Today, Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), in partnership with 14 civil...

ASH at the 2019 Human Rights Council

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August 9, 2019

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ASH staff recently spent time in Geneva, Switzerland to attend the 41st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council. The UN Human Rights Council is an inter-governmental body within the United Nations sy...

The Human Rights Council and Universal Periodic Review

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February 5, 2019

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Global Mechanisms – The United Nations

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February 5, 2019

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