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Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Hearing: Tobacco Addiction and the Right to Health

March 29, 2016

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 (March 29, 2016) — For the first time, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights takes up tobacco use as a human rights issue during a hearing on Tuesday,

Human Rights Resources

November 1, 2015

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 Day 2015 Presentation at the World Conference on Tobacco or Health 2015 Journal Articles Tobacco Marketing: A Violation

Human Rights Violations

October 22, 2015

Could tobacco executives/corporations be found guilty of human right violations? ASH is investigating the possibility of holding tobacco corporations responsible for tobacco-related deaths under human rights laws. These charges, for example, a violation of the right to life or right to health, among many others, would be levied against governments