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Right to Health Policy Hub is a repository of human rights documents from international human rights treaty bodies and UN mechanisms that support the advancement of public health policies related to food & nutrition and tobacco control. Human rights are essential to advocate for effective policy change, and Right to Health Policy Hub aims to support organizations, movements, and advocates around the world in doing so.
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These recommendations are issued by treaty bodies following a state reporting cycle. Under the international human rights treaties, State Parties are obligated to submit initial and periodic reports every two to five years.
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ViewThese Fact Sheets discus the intersection of human rights and tobacco control, highlighting the WHO FCTC's connections with human rights obligations. They stress the tobacco epidemic's health impacts, advocating for policies like tobacco marketing bans and taxation to combat tobacco use, and emphasize the importance of integrating human rights frameworks in these efforts.
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2023 - Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Recommendation for Cambodia, par. 41 (2023) - 2348
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41. The Committee recommends that the State party redouble its efforts to protect the right to adequate food and make an assessment of the implementation of its Second National Strategy for Food Security and Nutrition 2019–2023, in order to tackle food insecurity and malnutrition in an effective and comprehensive manner, including by establishing programmes to increase the level of minimum...
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41. The Committee recommends that the State party redouble its efforts to protect the right to adequate food and make an assessment of the implementation of its Second National Strategy for Food Security and Nutrition 2019–2023, in order to tackle food insecurity and malnutrition in an effective and comprehensive manner, including by establishing programmes to increase the level of minimum income support, promote healthier diets, incorporate trade, land management, education and fiscal policy elements, set clear, time-bound targets and establish appropriate mechanisms for assessing the progress made.
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Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Concluding observations on the second periodic report of Cambodia, E/C.12/KHM/CO/2 (2023). Par. 41. Available at: 2BYe62Ss7WypmsG01gopbAbYW6kF7OpSpHEjxFdG5jreehCXS9QjQsdIKpGnNXsi4HlA67pqsTmLZW
2022 - Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, Recommendation for Bolivia, par. 32 (a) (2022) - 1374
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32. In line with its general recommendations No. 34 (2016) on the rights of rural women and No. 37 (2018) on the gender-related dimensions of disaster risk reduction in the context of climate change, the Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Combat poverty among rural women by ensuring access to adequate water and sanitation, ownership and use of land, credit,...
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32. In line with its general recommendations No. 34 (2016) on the rights of rural women and No. 37 (2018) on the gender-related dimensions of disaster risk reduction in the context of climate change, the Committee recommends that the State party:
(a) Combat poverty among rural women by ensuring access to adequate water and sanitation, ownership and use of land, credit, financial services and agricultural inputs, as well as access to justice, victim support services, education, information and communications technology, formal employment and health care.
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Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, Concluding observations on the seventh periodic report of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, CEDAW/C/BOL/CO/7, (2022). Par. 32. Available at: https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=CEDAW%2FC%2FBOL%2FCO%2F7&Lang=en
2022 - Committee on the Rights of the Child, Recommendation for Djibouti par. 37 (a), (b) and (c) (2022) - 2446
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37. Taking note of targets 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 and 2.2 of the Sustainable Development Goals, the Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Take urgent measures to prioritize children who suffer from severe acute malnutrition and provide them with the necessary treatment and nutrition; (b) Regularly monitor and assess the effectiveness of policies and programmes on security and nutrition among...
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37. Taking note of targets 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 and 2.2 of the Sustainable Development Goals, the Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Take urgent measures to prioritize children who suffer from severe acute malnutrition and provide them with the necessary treatment and nutrition; (b) Regularly monitor and assess the effectiveness of policies and programmes on security and nutrition among children; (c) Intensify efforts to prioritize access to clean drinking water, sanitation and shelter, as well as access to, and the availability and affordability of, food, in particular for rural populations, and consider asking UNICEF, WHO and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, among others, for assistance to address those issues...
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Committee on the Rights of the Child, CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS SUBMITTED BY STATES PARTIES UNDER ARTICLE 44 OF THE CONVENTION, CRC/C/DJI/CO/3-5 (2022). Par. 37 (a), (b) and (c). Available at: https://docstore.ohchr.org/SelfServices/FilesHandler.ashx?enc=6QkG1d%2FPPRiCAqhKb7yhsp32e83GEI8msE8Qd28gyVFXHudDolXbMfjgDXDxozhp6tZWDHcXu%2BMQ%2BU1f8odUchmIzNDZzrZr3obaP0OeyCg6MI6TbKGBccUw%2BsqOoGj0
