This article discusses the human rights and ethical implications of treatment as prevention; it provides the global context, with examples from Africa, for implementation of such a policy, examining how discrimination and human rights violations can impede access to treatment for vulnerable populations. Related Publications HIV/AIDS Policy & Law Review 16 – May 2012
This article was commissioned in advance of the XIX International AIDS Conference – to be held in July 2012 in the U.S. for the first time since 1990 – to provide an overview of the current disconnect between evidence and law in the U.S. and to discuss how best to address them.
FEATURES – TREATMENT AS PREVENTION: ASSESSING THE HUMAN RIGHTS AND ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS Human rights in an era of treatment as prevention The ethical implications of “treatment as prevention” in the United States British Columbia’s “seek and treat” strategy: a cautionary tale on privacy rights and informed consent for HIV testing CANADIAN DEVELOPMENTS Federal government’s omnibus … Read more
“There are many human rights challenges that must be tackled in order to respond effectively to the ongoing, twinned pandemics of HIV and of HIV-related human rights abuses … we wish to highlight one phenomenon of growing global concern and relevance. “The epidemic of overly broad criminalization of HIV non-disclosure, exposure or transmission has: led … Read more
FEATURE Legislative and policy analysis of HIV prevention, treatment and care for people who use drugs and incarcerated people in Central Asia and Azerbaijan CANADIAN DEVELOPMENTS Supervised injection sites in Quebec: one step closer to reality Correctional Investigator highlights pending adverse impacts of the government’s “tough on crime” agenda In brief Ottawa police changes policy … Read more
“The Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action affirms the principles of universality and non-discrimination, and yet many people continue to be denied their rights solely because of their sexual orientation and gender identity. … The time is overdue for this Council to take up its responsibility to address these human rights violations.”