Human rights based approaches provide innovative strategies to advance tobacco control and a powerful framework to advocate and monitor tobacco control. Read together with the FCTC, the human rights framework provides a broader platform of action to address exposure to second hand smoke, especially by women and children. The CEDAW, CRC and the ICESCR fill in the gaps in the FCTC and expand the remedies to hold the tobacco industry accountable to the violations of women' and children's rights and the health rights of all. This session will examine the relevant provisions in these conventions and the creative ways in which these provisions can be translated into concrete action through law making, strategic litigation and treaty body reporting mechanisms.