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ASH at the UN Human Rights Council 50th Session

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...

ASH’s Accomplishments in 2021

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December 16, 2021

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ASH’s work is based on the principle that the behavior of the tobacco industry – producing, marketing, and selling addictive products that kill when use as intended – violates human rights, such as the right to...

The Right to Health and Cessation

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August 13, 2021

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The marketing and sale of tobacco products violate the right to health and life of all people globally ICTC is the lead author of this Cessation Report with ASH on the importance of incorporating cessation ...

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...

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...

Joint Letter to the United Nations Secretary-General

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July 19, 2019

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Secretary General António Guterres 19 July 2019 United Nations, S-233 New York, NY 10027 D...

Parallel issues

Dave Krogle

February 5, 2019

HRC

There are numerous other issues that provide legal or political precedent that can be applied to tobacco and human rights. Environment2018- The Business and Human Rights Resource Center tracked 14 climate l...

The Human Rights Council and Universal Periodic Review

Dave Krogle

February 5, 2019

HRC

The Human Rights Council (HRC) is a United Nations (UN) body whose mission is to promote and protect human rights around the world. While there have been a limited number of resolutions that are directly rele...

Global Mechanisms – The United Nations

Dave Krogle

February 5, 2019

HRC

This global mechanisms section encompasses official documents including resolutions, statements, letters, and more that pertain to tobacco control and human rights at the international level, but do not fall ...

The U.S. Is Not Living Up to Its Obligation to Protect the Health of Its Citizens

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July 17, 2017

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All countries around the world, including the United States, have committed to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which aim to strengthen universal peace and ...

Global Best Practices

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May 21, 2017

The World Health Organization estimates that tobacco consumption kills approximately 7 million people per year, and according to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), tobacco costs the world up to...

International Labour Organization to Consider Severing Ties with the Tobacco Industry

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March 13, 2017

Human Rights Day 2016

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December 7, 2016

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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...

We Agree: Put Big Tobacco out of business

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May 13, 2016

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The embattled tobacco industry is struggling to fight off one of its fiercest and possibly most dangerous foes to date: the World Health Organization. The Hong Kong native who has run the U.N. body for the p...

Statement from ASH Executive Director Laurent Huber

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December 21, 2015

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Making Priorities into our Reality This year has been one filled with milestones for the public health and tobacco control communities. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), that will replace the Mille...

UN Officially Recognizes that Tobacco Makes the World Poorer

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September 25, 2015

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Megan Arendt Office: 202-659-4310 Email: arendtm@ash.org UN Officially Recognizes that Tobacco Makes the World Poorer Sustainable Development Goals Adopted at UN Summi...

Legal Events

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August 24, 2015

The American Society of International Law ( ASIL), the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network ( ACS CAN), and ASH hosted: Tobacco and International Law: Evaluating and Enforcing the Framework Conventio...

On Our Way to Achieving the “Impossible”

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July 15, 2015

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When ASH first began its post-2015 UN development agenda campaign in 2013, it was perceived as nearly impossible to integrate tobacco control into the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), let alone the Fina...

We’re Almost There!

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April 1, 2015

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In the past two and half years, ASH has been working to ensure that tobacco control is included in the new UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These goals are being created to set countries’ development ag...

“We Have an Opportunity to Change History”

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January 29, 2015

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“Health must become a priority. The time is now,” said global tobacco control advocates in the Framework Convention Alliance video. They emphasize the importance of this year, 2015, and that leaders must ra...

Progress in ASH’s Post-2015 Program

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December 22, 2014

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We’re almost there. This year, tobacco control was included in several key United Nations (UN) documents that will change our future. We know that mentioning tobacco control and tobacco control treaties in U...

Big Tobacco Wants to do to Foreigners What it has Done to Americans

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December 19, 2014

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Those requirements have appeared in previous fast-track bills. They sound perfectly reasonable, right? Well, consider this: Australia is a party to the TPP and already has a free trade agreement with the Unite...

Tobacco Costs the World More than GDP of All Low Income Countries

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July 21, 2014

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“Tobacco use alone costs the world 1-2% of its GDP each year,” Helen Clark, administrator of the United Nations Development Program told the United Nations on July 11th. The world’s GDP in 2013 was nearly $...

Live at the UN: Event Promotes Tobacco Control in Post-2015 Development Agenda

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May 13, 2014

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The United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)—which range from halving extreme poverty rates to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS—form a blueprint agreed to by all the world’s countries and leading develo...

Write to Ambassador Samantha Power

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September 19, 2013

If you think tobacco control is an important issue and should be included in the post-2015 development agenda, use this template letter to send to US Ambassador Samantha Power. The letter explains the advantage...

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