• Read the Report
  • Contact Us
Menu
  • Background
    • HIV and the Law
    • Commission Overview
    • Commissioners
    • Technical Advisory Group
  • Dialogues
    • Global Dialogue 2018
      • 2018 Supplement
      • Global Dialogue 2018 Videos
    • Global Dialogue 2012
      • Video
      • Photo Gallery
      • Speeches
    • Regional Dialogues
      • Asia-Pacific Regional Dialogue
      • Caribbean
      • Eastern Europe and Central Asia
      • Latin America
      • Africa
      • Middle East and North Africa
      • High Income Countries
      • Civil Society Participation
      • Submissions to the Regional Dialogues
  • Implementation
    • Programmes
      • Being LGBTI in Asia
      • Challenging stigma and discrimination in the Caribbean
      • Improving SRHR for young key populations in Southern Africa
      • Multi-Country Western Pacific Integrated HIV/TB Project
      • Promoting a rights-based response to HIV in Africa
      • Removing legal barriers in Africa
      • South Asia Global Fund HIV Programme
      • UHC Legal Solutions Network
    • Follow Up
      • Follow Up Stories
      • Legal Environment Assessments
      • Leave No One Behind: Lessons from the Global Commission on HIV and the Law for Agenda 2030
  • Resources
    • International Guidelines on Human Rights & Drug Policy
    • eLibrary
      • Capacity Development Toolkits
      • Fact Sheets
      • Legal Environment Assessments, Reviews and Audits
      • National Dialogue Reports
      • Policy and Issue Briefs
      • Research, Discussion Papers and Reports
    • Report Resources
      • Read the Report
      • 2018 Supplement
      • Working Papers
      • Submissions
      • Presentations
      • Articles and Speeches from Commissioners
      • Selected Bibliographies
    • Regional Dialogue Resources
      • Asia-Pacific
      • Caribbean
      • Latin America
      • Eastern Europe and Central Asia
      • Africa
      • High Income Countries
  • News
    • News Articles
    • Press Releases
    • Newsletter Archives
  • Past Events

Working with African judges to protect rights of people living with HIV

More than 30 judges from 14 African countries convened in Johannesburg, South Africa 15­–17 June this year for the third annual Regional Judges’ Forum to discuss HIV and tuberculosis (TB)-related jurisprudence as part of an ongoing initiative to sensitise senior judges and uphold the rights of people living with HIV in Africa.

“The judiciary must be available for the minority, and in adjudicating cases on minority issues, we must be guided by information, by science, by law, by consideration of justice. If we do so, then we shall have served our purpose”, said Botswana High Court’s Justice Key Dingake, one of the participants at the UN Development Programme (UNDP)-supported meeting.

Continue Reading...

Working with African judges to protect rights of people living with HIV

More than 30 judges from 14 African countries convened in Johannesburg, South Africa 15­–17 June this year for the third annual Regional Judges’ Forum to discuss HIV and tuberculosis (TB)-related jurisprudence as part of an ongoing initiative to sensitise senior judges and uphold the rights of people living with HIV in Africa

Continue Reading...

New three-year project launched on sexual and reproductive health and rights of...

During the last week of November 2015, UNDP and the Governments of Norway and Sweden signed an agreement for US$4.2 million for a three year project in Africa. The Project, titled “Strengthening Regional and National Legislative Environments for HIV/SRHR to support the Enjoyment of Human Rights of LGBT People and Women and Girls in Sub-Saharan Africa – Phase II”, follows the successful completion of its first phase during 2013-2015.

Continue Reading...

«Connais tes droits » : 42 150 personnes acceptent le dépistage du VIH-SIDA

Le PNUD, l’ONUSIDA, des partenaires internationaux et nationaux ont initié une série de campagnes de sensibilisation contre le VIH, les violences sexuelles, les inégalités Genre couplée au dépistage volontaire du VIH en faveur des groupes vulnérables notamment les jeunes, les femmes, les professionnels du sexe, les motos taximen, les commerçantes et les commerçants, les militaires, les policiers et leurs dépendants, les leaders religieux et les détenus.

Continue Reading...

Ministers of Justice and Attorney Generals of the African Union Adopt the Model...

The African Union (AU) Specialized Technical Committee (STC) on Justice and Legal Affairs has adopted the Model Law on Medical Product Regulation in Africa during its meeting held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 12 to 13 November 2015. The Model Law is aimed at providing a framework to support member states and Regional Economic Communities (RECs) in their endeavour to strengthen and harmonise regulation of medical products. It offers a comprehensive guide to AU member states in the review and development of national legislation on medical products regulation. The Model Law also supports the creation of an enabling regulatory environment for the private sector to deliver quality, safe and efficacious medical products and technologies to the African population.

Continue Reading...
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • …
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • →

Recent Posts

  • Global Partnership members commemorate Zero Discrimination Day around the world
  • People living with HIV in Kyrgyzstan have won the right to adopt
  • Legal and Policy Trends Impacting People Living with HIV and Key Populations in Asia and the Pacific 2014-2019
  • UNAIDS update: COVID-19 should not be a reason to delay 2030 deadline to end AIDS as a public health threat
  • 2020 Global HIV Policy Report: Policy Barriers to HIV Progress

© 2017 [blog-link], All Rights Reserved.