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Human Rights
While nearly every category in the Resource Bank is directly related to human rights, CHLP has created this category to address the importance of a human rights based approach to HIV advocacy. Human rights are rights inherent to every individual, including civil, political, social, economic, and cultural rights. The human rights framework is vital to HIV advocacy because it recognizes that HIV advocacy involves the complex interaction of numerous issues, including social and economic rights, racial justice, youth rights, gender equality, and LGBTQ rights. Moreover, a human rights approach uses strategies that focus on empowerment and the achievement of positive goals rather than merely the elimination of victimization.
The Resource Bank provides HIV advocates—particularly those in the United States—with tools to take advantage of the growing body of human rights resources and strategies. Here you will find resources that outline and discuss human rights relating to HIV testing, care, and prevention, as well as resources addressing a human rights approach to protecting rights critical to HIV advocacy, such as housing rights, employment rights, racial justice, gender equality, LGBTQ rights, social stigma, reproductive freedom, youth rights, the right to health, patients’ rights, and more.
Human Rights and HIV/AIDS: Now More Than Ever:
10 Reasons Why Human Rights Should Occupy the Center of the Global AIDS Struggle
.jpg) At the 2006 United Nations High Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS, world leaders reaffirmed that the full realization of all human rights and fundamental freedoms for all is an essential element in the global response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Yet, 25 years into the AIDS epidemic, this essential element remains the missing piece in the fight against AIDS. This document, endorsed by the Center for HIV Law and Policy, was published by the Law and Health Initiative of the Open Society Institute's Public Health Program with input from HIV human rights specialists from around the globe. It sets out 10 reasons why law and human rights should occupy the center of the global HIV/AIDS struggle
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HIGHLIGHTED RESOURCE
Handbook on HIV and Human Rights for National Human Rights Institutions
UNHCHR & UNAIDS
.jpeg) This Handbook is intended to guide a human-rights based response to HIV for national human rights institutions, civil society organizations, networks of people living with HIV, and national AIDS programs. It provides a useful outline of international legal principles that underlie a rights-based approach to HIV/AIDS, as well as specific steps institutions can take to further these principles. Such steps are outlined in the context of: outreach and in-reach for assessing national institutions and their partnerships, workplans, and priorities; integrating HIV into existing activities and programs; education and raising awareness on HIV and human rights; working with national AIDS programs; and achieving universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care, and support. The Handbook is intended to be read alongside the International Guidelines on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights. Click here to download.
HIGHLIGHTED RESOURCES
HIV-Related International Commitments
Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS
The United Nations General Assembly Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS represents “a global commitment to enhancing coordination and intensification of national, regional and international efforts to combat [HIV/AIDS] in a comprehensive manner.” More
Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS
The Political Declaration, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in June 2006, renews the General Assembly’s commitment to the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS issued in 2001. More
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
The ICESCR outlines universal economic, social and cultural rights; particularly relevant to HIV/AIDS issues are: the right to the highest attainable standard of health (Article 12); the right to education (Article 13); the right to work (Article 7) More
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
The ICCPR outlines universal civil and political rights; particularly relevant for HIV/AIDS issues are: the right to marry and found a family (Article 23); the right to privacy (Article 17); freedom of expression and information (Article 19) More
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (“CEDAW”), addresses women’s rights within the political, social, economic, cultural, and family life. It calls for state parties to overcome barriers of discrimination More
Convention on the Rights of the Child
The Convention on the Rights of the Child (“CRC”) is an international treaty that discusses many of the rights children, some of which are in addition to those also enjoyed by adults. Particularly relevant to HIV/AIDS issues More
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (“CERD”) is an international treaty designed to protect individuals from discrimination based on race that is both intentional or the result of neutral policies. More
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
This recent convention reaffirms and seeks to enforce established rights for those with disabilities. More
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