In this article, Joanne Csete suggests that while in theory everybody buys into the effectiveness of rights-based approaches to HIV/AIDS, the practice leaves much to be desired.The author describes the human rights framework that is the foundation for a more effective response to HIV/AIDS and stresses the urgency of paying more than lip service to … Read more
In this article, Peris Jones and Farhana Zuberi summarize findings from a recently completed research project, the Tswelopele study, in South Africa. The study documented human rights violations in three areas: privacy and disclosure; informed consent and HIV testing; and access to health-care services.The article describes these violations and explores why discrimination still occurs at … Read more
“We write to you to express our deepest concern that recent amendments to India’s patent legislation will lead to unnecessary suffering and death for millions of people in your country and in many others, particularly in the developing world. We urge you to send the Patent (Amendment) Bill 2005 back to Parliament for reconsideration, so … Read more
“This year we will be producing a full length report, provisionally titled: Prostitution under the Canadian Criminal Code: Principles for Law Reform in the Context of HIV/AIDS. We will make the report available to the Subcommittee. Today I will provide a very short summary of selected sections of that report . . . .”
The use of needle exchange programs (NEPs) has been associated with reductions in HIV infection in a number of settings. However, questions regarding NEP efficacy have persisted, and have been partially fuelled by misinterpretations of an early evaluation of NEP use and HIV prevalence in Vancouver, Canada. In this study, a higher HIV prevalence was … Read more
In this issue: Action Plan Targets HIV/AIDS-related Stigma and Discrimination What is “MTV” and How Can You Support this Growing Movement? Support for Safer Tattooing in Prisons Needle Exchange in Prisons: Advocacy Update New Project to Offer Model HIV/AIDS Legislation Coming Soon New Resources Inside the Network 5 Feedback
This statement first examines the connection between non-discrimination and effective responses to HIV/AIDS, and then sets out existing language by UN Treaty Bodies and Special Procedures which confirms that the right of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgendered people to be protected from discrimination is already established in international human rights law.