Homa Bay Court Users Committee Pledge to Develop a Strategic Plan to address...

Justice Monica Mbaru taking Court Users Committee Members through HIV related discrimination at the work place. Photo: KELIN/Wesley Nderi.

At the end of a two day dialogue held on 14-15 August 2015, members of the Homa Bay Court Users Committee (CUC) committed to develop a strategic plan that will inform their intervention on HIV related human rights. The CUC members appreciated the opportunity that KELIN provided in exposing the human rights violations that people living with HIV (PLHIV) face

KELIN & UNDP Kenya undertake the First County Dialogue on HIV, Human...

Twenty-five members of the Homa Bay Court Users Committee (CUC) will participate in a dialogue on HIV, Human Rights and the Law that takes place from the 14-15 August, 2015 in Homa Bay County. This is the first dialogue to be undertaken by KELIN & UNDP-Kenya at the county level as one of the initiatives aimed at taking forward the recommendations of previous regional Judicial Dialogues on HIV, Human Rights and the Law held in 2013 and 2014.

2nd Meeting of the African Regional Judges’ Forum on HIV, Human Rights...

The second meeting of the African Regional Judges’ Forum on HIV, Human Rights and the Law was held on 18-19 June in Johannesburg, South Africa. Twenty-three judges representing the senior judiciary from 13 African countries participated in the Forum. Jurisdictions represented included the judiciary of Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Swaziland, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The second meeting therefore had representation from Eastern, Southern and Western Africa and from the Small Island nations.

African leaders adopt experts report to end AIDS, TB and malaria by 2030

Sandton–16 June 2015: African leaders on Sunday during the statutory AIDS Watch Africa (AWA) luncheon meeting adopted the report of AIDS Watch Africa Member States Experts on AIDS, TB and Malaria. The report comes at a critical juncture when the the African Union is reviewing its key health frameworks that will come to an end in 2015. At the global level countries are finalising negotiations for the Sustainable Development Goals that will supersede the Millenium Development Goals at the same time.

Mid-term evaluation report: “Strengthening regional and national...

A Mid-Term Evaluation report has been released on the “Strengthening Regional and National Legislative Environments to Support the Human Rights of LGBT People and Women and Girls affected by HIV and AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa” project. The project was launched by UNDP Regional Centre for Africa, with the assistance of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA),