Workers’ Health as Human Rights: Time for change!

Authors

  • Luís Carlos Fadel de Vasconcellos Centro Brasileiro de Estudos de Saúde (Cebes) – Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brasil. Ministério da Saúde (MS), Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde e Ambiente (SVSA) – Brasília (DF), Brasil. Fundação Osvaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), Escola Nacional de Saúde Sergio Arouca (Ensp) – Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7679-9870
  • Isabella de Sousa Maio Ministério da Saúde (MS), Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde e Ambiente (SVSA) – Brasília (DF), Brasil. Fundação Osvaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), Escola Nacional de Saúde Sergio Arouca (Ensp) – Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7191-0357
  • Douglas Oliveira Carmo Lima Ministério da Saúde (MS), Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde e Ambiente (SVSA) – Brasília (DF), Brasil. Universidade de Brasília (UnB) – Brasília (DF), Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5050-6742

Keywords:

Occupational health, Human rights, Health conferences, Work, Paradigmatic transformation

Abstract

The text proposes a critical reflection on the health of workers as a human right, highlighting the 5th CNSTT as a milestone for change. It points out the insufficiency of current policies in the face of structural violence in the workplace, revealed daily by accident and disease data. It criticizes narratives that prevent the State from effectively confronting the issue and advocates the integration of identity struggles. It proposes new legal frameworks and the continuation of the post-conference debate, under the motto “the 5th continues”.

Saúde em Debate v. 48, n. especial 2, ago, - Saúde do Trabalhador e da Trabalhadora como Direito Humano: rumo à 5ª CNSTT2025

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2025-08-14

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Fadel de Vasconcellos LC, de Sousa Maio I, Oliveira Carmo Lima D. Workers’ Health as Human Rights: Time for change!. Saúde Debate [Internet]. 2025 Aug. 14 [cited 2026 Aug. 25];49(especial 2 ago). Available from: https://revista.saudeemdebate.org.br/sed/article/view/10597

Issue

Vol. 49 No. especial 2 ago (2025): Workers’ Health as a Human Right: towards the 5th CNSTT

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