 | Handbook for Legislators on HIV/AIDS, Law and Human Rights - Action to Combat HIV/AIDS in view of its Devastating Human, Economic and Social Impact (UNAIDS, 1999, 152 p.) |
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|  | CONTENT |
| | Foreword |
| | Acknowledgements |
| | EXECUTIVE SUMMARY |
| | I. INTRODUCTION |
| | (i) Gravity of the Global Problem |
| | (ii) Impact on Development |
| | (iii) Purpose of this Handbook |
| | II. BACKGROUND |
| | (i) Windhoek IPU Resolution on HIV/AIDS |
| | (ii) Issues for Parliamentarians |
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| | Examples of regional and national initiatives |
| | (iii) HIV/AIDS Law, Policy and Human Rights -International Guidelines |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Compliance with international obligations |
| | Exceptions |
| | III. ANNOTATED INTERNATIONAL GUIDELINES |
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| | (A) Institutional Responsibilities and Processes |
| | Guideline 1: National framework |
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| | Interministerial committees |
| | Parliamentary committees on hiv/aids |
| | Multisectoral advisory bodies |
| | Local level activities: Decentralization case study |
| | Guideline 2: Supporting community partnership |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Partnership approach |
| | Case studies |
| | (B) Law Review, Reform and Support Services |
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| | Guideline 3: Public health legislation |
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| | National examples of reform |
| | Voluntary testing and informed consent |
| | Notification of coded information |
| | Partner notification |
| | Detention or isolation/quarantine |
| | Blood safety |
| | Infection control |
| | Guideline 4: Criminal laws and correctional systems |
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| | Transmission/exposure offences |
| | Needle and syringe exchanges |
| | Sexual acts |
| | Sex work or prostitution |
| | Prisons |
| | Guideline 5: Antidiscrimination and protective laws |
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| | Antidiscrimination legislation |
| | Discriminatory impact of laws affecting vulnerable populations |
| | Privacy |
| | Employment law |
| | Guideline 6: Regulation of goods, services and information |
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| | Regulation of therapeutic goods and services |
| | Ethical research |
| | Rights of education and information |
| | Freedoms of expression and association |
| | Guideline 7: Legal support services |
| | (C) Promotion of a Supportive and Enabling Environment |
| | Guideline 8: Women, children and other vulnerable groups |
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| | Gender and reproductive rights |
| | Children and young people |
| | Religious minorities |
| | Guideline 9: Changing discriminatory attitudes through education, training and the media |
| | Guideline 10: Development of public and private sector standards and mechanisms for implementing these standards |
| | Guideline 11: State monitoring and enforcement of human rights |
| | Guideline 12: International cooperation |
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| | International compliance monitoring mechanisms |
| | NGO mobilization |
| | Religious leaders |
| | IV. CONCLUSION |
| | ANNEXES |
| | Annex A: Medical facts |
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| | Recent initiatives in vaccine development and access to treatment |
| | Annex B: Resolution unanimously adopted by the 99th Inter-parliamentary Union Conference (Windhoek, 10 April 1998) |
| | Annex C: International Guidelines on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights |
| | Annex D: About UNAIDS |
| | ANNEX E: About The Inter-Parliamentary Union |
| | ENDNOTES |
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