The Centre for Pesticide Suicide Prevention (CPSP) has hosted an important session on human rights and pesticide poisoning. The virtual event took place on Monday 21 March 2022 and formed part of the satellite programme at this year’s Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) conference.
The Centre for Pesticide Suicide Prevention is delighted to unveil a high-profile panel of speakers for our upcoming satellite event at the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) Virtual Conference.
A recent study on the impact of Taiwan’s 2018 paraquat ban has shown a fall in pesticide suicide rates. Paraquat is a highly toxic pesticide that is deadly when ingested and a leading method for suicide worldwide, responsible for 150,000 deaths every year.
This paper explores the impact of the first-stage ban of paraquat, a highly lethal herbicide when ingested, on suicide in Taiwan. The study found that the ban on the import and production of paraquat was followed by a fall in pesticide and paraquat suicides.
This paper examines the impact of bans on 14 highly hazardous pesticides, introduced by the State of Kerala, India, in 2011, on crop production. The study found no evidence that the Keralan bans had any negative effect on agricultural yield and food production.
New research from the Centre for Pesticide Suicide Prevention has found that bans on toxic pesticides in the State of Kerala, India, have had no adverse impact on agriculture and food production.
This paper uses a human rights lens to address the neglected issue of highly hazardous pesticide exposure and poisoning in children, both globally and in India specifically.
This paper focuses on the right to life. Our analysis shows that, by failing to restrict access to highly hazardous pesticides, states violate their obligations under international human rights law.
This paper examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cases of self-poisoning in low and middle income countries.
What is the extent of states’ obligation to protect its residents from self-inflicted harm and suicide?
In the question of suicide prevention, the burden is usually placed on health care and mental health professionals, police, and school councilors to ensure mental health support and protection of life of suicidal individuals [1, 2]. Domestic laws of the right to life concentrate on the general criminal law prohibition of the “arbitrary” deprivation of human life.