By UNAIDS
The aim of this guide is to aid parliamentarians and different elected officers in promulgating and enacting potent laws and project acceptable legislation reform within the struggle opposed to AIDS. a quick define is given of the overseas legislation foundation of the overseas directions on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights. those instructions require States events to human rights treaties to check, and if useful, amend their legislation, guidelines and practices to make sure compliance with outlined norms. yes rights together with future health, nondiscrimination, privateness, schooling, info, autonomy, liberty, freedom of expression and organization, and freedom from inhuman, degrading therapy or punishment are then tested in particular within the context of HIV/AIDS. The guide analyses all the 12 overseas directions on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights and offers top perform examples in their implementation, when it comes to content material and/or procedure, at nationwide and occasionally neighborhood and neighborhood degrees.
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Requiring HIV testing of all components) ? 49 3 GUIDELINES 3. e. not casual modes, such as using public transport), as opposed to their mere HIV status? e. not indefinite); • right of legal representation? GUIDELINE ANNOTATED INTERNATIONAL 2. Does the legislation require specific informed consent, with pre- and post-test counselling to be obtained from individuals before they are tested for HIV in circumstances where they will be given the results of the test (ie not unlinked, sentinel surveillance)?
This Handbook aims to give an added policy dimension to the Guidelines with detailed context, interpretation and discussion (especially in the area of law reform) of why implementation is necessary. It also sets out practical case studies from around the world to show how success has been achieved in a variety of national environments. The areas identified in the 1998 IPU Windhoek Resolution on HIV/AIDS are of particular interest to parliamentarians and therefore have been highlighted. 29 GUIDELINES (A) improving governmental responses in terms of multisectoral responsibility and accountability of processes; (B) widespread law reform and legal support services focusing on antidiscrimination, public health protection, privacy, criminal law, and improving the status of women, children, and marginalized groups; and (C) support for increased private sector and community participation in the response, including building civil society’s capacity and responsibility to respond to HIV/AIDS ethically and effectively.
G. g. court proceedings (but with a requirement that medical records be sealed, only to be opened by the judge); • prohibiting discrimination on the basis of actual, perceived or suspected HIV status in the areas of employment, schools, travel, public service, credit and insurance, health care, and burial services; • establishing universal infection control guidelines for surgical, dental, embalming, tattooing and similar procedures; • prohibiting misleading advertising of drugs and other products for HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment or cure; • requiring educational authorities to integrate HIV/AIDS prevention education at intermediate, secondary and tertiary levels (although limits are placed on the use of explicit materials and promotion of birth control); • mandating HIV/AIDS information as a health service, and requiring specific programmes in the workplace, by local governments, and for overseas travellers, tourists and other communities; and • recognizing the role and utilizing the experience of affected individuals in information and education campaigns, as well as providing access to health care, community-based services and self-help programmes.