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  1. Sex Workers and Advocates Submit Report on U.S. Policing Practices to UN Human Rights Council

    On September 15, 2014, sex workers, people in the sex trades and advocates submitted a report to the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council documenting human rights violations committed in the United States against sex workers, people in the sex trades, ...

    admin - 3/29/2016 11:52am

  2. The Gap Report, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) (2014)

    UN Report Calls Criminalization a Major Obstacle to the Prevention and Treatment of HIV ...

    admin - 6/15/2017 10:16am

  3. Written Statement on HIV Criminalization and Women for the 57th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, UN NGO Committee on HIV/AIDS (2013)

    This Statement, accepted for publication by the 57th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, calls for the repeal of all laws criminalizing HIV transmission, exposure to HIV, or failure to disclose HIV status. The Statement, authored by the C ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 6/15/2017 12:05pm

  4. International Guidelines on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights, U.N.Doc HR/06/9

    A revised and consolidated version of the original guidelines published in 1996, the purpose of the Guidelines is "to assist States in creating a positive, rights-based response to HIV that is effective in reducing the transmission and impact of HIV ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm

  5. Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Right of Everyone to the Enjoyment of the Highest Attainable Standard of Physical and Mental Health, Anand Grover, Human Rights Council, Fourteenth Session, Agenda Item 3, U.N. Doc. A/HRC/14/20 (Apr. 20, 2010)

    This report, submitted to the Human Rights Council by the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, examines the relationship between the UN recognized right to the highe ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 6/28/2017 2:12pm

  6. Guidelines on Protecting the Confidentiality and Security of HIV Information: Proceedings from a Workshop, UNAIDS (2007)

    This draft set of interim guidelines is the result of a three-day workshop held in Geneva, Switzerland in May 2006 on the confidentiality and security of HIV-related information collected for patient monitoring and evaluation. The goal of these guidelines ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 6/30/2017 11:07am

  7. The Johannesburg Statement on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Human Rights

    This statement was adopted at a meeting of African lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender organizations, with fifty-five participants from twenty-two groups representing sixteen countries across the continent. It is addressed to African member government ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm

  8. Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS: midway to the Millennium Development Goals, The Secretary General, U.N. Doc. A/62/780

    This report analyzes the global progress toward achieving the goals stated in the Declaration of Commitment, the Political Declaration, and the Millennium Goals. It specifically looks at progress and the remaining challenges in the areas of: the status of ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm

  9. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Optional Protocol, U.N. Doc. A/61/611

    This recent convention reaffirms and seeks to enforce established rights for those with disabilities.  Articles of the convention that are particularly relevant to HIV/AIDS issues cover: recognition of equality and prohibition of discrimination (Article 5 ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm

  10. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 993 U.N.T.S. 3

    The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (the “ICESCR”) represents one-third of what is informally referred to as the “International Bill of Rights.” The other two thirds consist of the International Covenant on Civil and Politic ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm

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