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 presentation below. Look for ASH’s written submission on the same topic, coming to our human rights hub in
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 Tobacco Control Leadership Council, Corporate Accountability International, Austrian Council on Smoking and Health, Centro de Investigacion para la Epidemia del Tabaquismo
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 our joint submission here.
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 system responsible for strengthening the promotion and protection of human rights around the world. Several of those
