The FCTC secretariat here links to a page on protecting children from second hand smoke. It includes this statement.

So, my question is what does being grounded in human rights mean?

Thread (1/8) https://twitter.com/FCTCofficial/status/1265939976052772864">https://twitter.com/FCTCoffic...
2/8 The link in the centre above is to FCTC conference of the parties guidelines on implementing Art 8 of the Framework Convention on Tobacco control. So let& #39;s take a closer look https://www.who.int/fctc/treaty_instruments/adopted/Guidelines_Article_8_English.pdf?ua=1?ua=1%22%22&ua=1">https://www.who.int/fctc/trea...
3/8 Here is what it has to say about human rights. To me, though, this is not what being grounded in human rights means. why? Because human rights don& #39;t get mentioned anywhere else in the guidance.
4/8 Human rights don& #39;t appear in the principles

This is despite the fact that voluntariness is rejected as a principle (principle 3). Are there no rights issues here?

And what if civil society groups disagree (principle 5), e,g. around vaping indoors? Do their voices get heard?
5/8 What about strengthened enforcement (principle 7)? Surely there are human rights issues here? Not according to this document. Despite the following:
6/8 No human rights issues around criminal penalties?

Really?
7/8 and no human rights concerns around an explicit strategy to use enforcement mechanisms make examples of people?
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