Occupational health 2012, para. 24

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Paragraph text: The right to access information is central to the right to health and an essential component of active and informed participation. It includes the right to access health-related education and information and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas concerning health issues. States also have a positive obligation in this respect to provide workers with health and rights-related information and to ensure that third parties, including private employers, do not limit access to such information. The ILO also requires States to ensure that national health laws and policies provide workers with comprehensive information, education and training related to occupational health. The right to occupational health thus requires that employers make available and accessible information concerning all health and safety risks, including those related to production inputs and equipment, machinery and chemicals used in the work place. States must further ensure that workers' right to access information affecting their occupational health supersedes employers' rights to protect commercial information under commercial confidentiality, trade secret and other related laws.

Body: Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health

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