Chapter 10: Human rights in the origins of the FCTC
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Monograph Chapter
Published:
14 Aug 2020
Page Range:
158–171
Collection:
Law 2020
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788974820.00018
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There is a common misconception that human rights considerations were a fundamental underpinning of the WHO’s FCTC when it was negotiated in the 1990s. In reality, there was little explicit consideration of human rights commitments in the negotiation phase, and a human rights framework was not integrated in the final text of the FCTC. This chapter looks at the origins of the FCTC – its development, its purpose, and why human rights considerations were absent in the design of the Convention.
Cover Human Rights and Tobacco Control
Human Rights and Tobacco Control
Monograph Book
Published:
14 Aug 2020
Print ISBN:
9781788974813
eISBN:
9781788974820
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788974820
Pages:
320
Collection:
Law 2020
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