Human Rights Resources Arendtm January 2, 2018 ASH Blog and Presentations Danish Institute on Human Rights- Quit PMI Hearing before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Human Rights Day 2016 Human Rights Day 2015 Presentation at ...
ASH: The Big Picture Arendtm December 19, 2017 Blog, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News 2017 has been a very exciting year at ASH. We celebrated our 50th anniversary, announced our pivot away from “tobacco control” and towards “cigarette free” and earned numerous victories across each of our progr...
95 Health Groups to Philip Morris International: Stop Selling Cigarettes Arendtm September 14, 2017 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases WASHINGTON, D.C. – SEPTEMBER 14, 2017 – Today, 95 organizations from around the globe published an open letter to Philip Morris International (PMI) demanding that they immediately cease the production, marketin...
Open Letter to PMI from 123 Organizations Arendtm September 14, 2017 Featured News & Events, News & Events 3 September 14, 2017 André Calantzopoulos Chief Executive Officer Philip Morris International Avenue de Rhodanie 50 1007 Lausanne, Switzerland Dear Mr. Calantzopoulos, The undersign...
The world’s largest tobacco company wanted good press – but it backfired Arendtm May 29, 2017 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News Re-printed as an English translation with permission from Buzzfeed Germany, original article in German here. Stop producing or marketing tobacco! This is what an Institute for Human Rights has recommended to P...
Tobacco Production, Marketing Violate Basic Human Rights Arendtm May 21, 2017 ASH in the News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News Action on Smoking and Health and Unfairtobacco agree with the Danish Institute of Human Rights (DIHR) that Philip Morris International (PMI) should cease “the production and marketing of tobacco.” Read the...
PMI Befriends Human Rights Org Arendtm May 2, 2017 Featured News & Events, Related News Read the Press Release that followed this campaign. Read the sign-on letter to PMI that followed that press release, where 123 organizations in 40+ countries call on Philip Morris International to immediatel...
Statement from ASH Executive Director Laurent Huber on a Tobacco-Free World Arendtm December 19, 2016 ASH in the News, Blog, Featured News & Events, Smoke Alarms That’s our vision at ASH, a tobacco-free world. This year marks ASH’s 50th anniversary, and we are as committed as ever to end the tobacco epidemic. With your help, we can achieve this vision. Here’s how we...
Human Rights Day 2016 Arendtm December 7, 2016 Blog, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Smoke Alarms, Smoke Alarms: ASH Legal Updates December 10th is recognized worldwide as Human Rights Day. It commemorates the anniversary of the day that the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in 1948. T...
Pepsico, Philip Morris Face Human Rights Resolutions Arendtm April 8, 2016 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News The resolution urges companies to agree to participate in mediation of any alleged human rights violations if requested by certain governmental agencies identified by the OECD. It calls for the companies to ...
Does Tobacco Violate Human Rights? Arendtm April 5, 2016 ASH in the News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases 2 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Megan Arendt Office: 202-659-4310 Email: arendtm@ash.org Does Tobacco Violate Human Rights? Inter-American Commission Ponders Question WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 6, 2016...
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Hearing: Tobacco Addiction and the Right to Health Arendtm March 29, 2016 ASH in the News, Featured News & Events, Press Releases FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: ASH: Megan Arendt / ArendtM@ash.org O’Neill Institute: Karen Teber / Km463@georgetown.edu FIC Argentina: Patricia Gutkowski/ prensa@ficargentina.org WASHINGTON, DC...
Hearing before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) Arendtm March 21, 2016 Featured News & Events, News & Events 2 On April 5, 2016, Action on Smoking and Health and two of our partner organizations, Fundación InterAmericana del Corazón Argentina and the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, will present t...
ASH 2015 Tobacco Criminal Liability and Tobacco & Human Rights Report Card Arendtm November 16, 2015 Blog, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Smoke Alarms, Smoke Alarms: ASH Legal Updates ASH’s tobacco criminal liability program was created to investigate the possibility of holding tobacco corporations and their executives criminally liable for the millions of tobacco-related deaths. The tobacco...
Human Rights Resources Arendtm November 1, 2015 1 Click here to read our Reference Guide ASH Blog and Presentations Danish Institute on Human Rights- Quit PMI Hearing before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Human Rights Day 2016 ...
Human Rights Violations Arendtm October 22, 2015 2 Could tobacco executives/corporations be found guilty of human right violations? A general view of participants during the 29th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council. 22 June 2015. UN Photo / Jean-M...
Tobacco & Human Rights in Latin America Arendtm June 2, 2015 Blog, Featured News & Events, Smoke Alarms, Smoke Alarms: ASH Legal Updates 1 An article written by ASH Staff Attorney Kelsey Romeo-Stuppy was recently published in the American Bar Association’s “International Law News.” The article discusses the growing problem of tobacco use in Latin...
ASH participates in the World Conference on Tobacco or Health 2015 Arendtm March 16, 2015 ASH in the News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News 1 This week, several representatives of Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) will be attending the World Conference on Tobacco or Health in Abu Dhabi. WCTOH is a five-day scientific conference where presenters hig...
Tobacco’s Hidden Children Arendtm May 16, 2014 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News Hazardous Child Labor in United States Tobacco Farming The Human Rights Watch's 138-page report documents conditions for children working on tobacco farms in four states where 90 % of US tobacco is grown: ...
