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Supreme Court says law can’t dictate anti-AIDS groups’ speech

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that it is a violation of the First Amendment for the federal government to force groups to endorse the government’s views opposing prostitution in order to receive funding to combat AIDS overseas. The justices ruled 6 to 2 that a requirement in a multibillion-dollar anti-AIDS program withholding money from organizations that do not have a policy “explicitly opposing prostitution and sex trafficking” violates their free-speech rights.

Better Health, Better Human Rights

By Dr. Mark Dybul, Executive Director, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria New research shows that a highly effective way to control and defeat infectious diseases like AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria is by focusing on the most vulnerable populations. That has big implications for human rights. No entire country, or entire population, is at the same risk of contracting infectious diseases. Many diseases disproportionately affect the groups of people who get left behind, because they are criminalized and at the margins of society.

WTO Members Agree On Draft Extension Of TRIPS Transition For LDCs

By Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch World Trade Organization members today reached a draft decision on a request put forward by least-developed countries to extend the period during which they do not have to comply with international rules of intellectual property rights protection, according to sources.

Brave OAS resolution on Human Rights

Special Report–The 43rd General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) was held in Antigua, Guatemala, between 4th and 6th June. Member states adopted a strongly worded declaration to promote and protect the rights of vulnerable people who are affected by or live with HIV/AIDS and also adopted two Interamerican conventions against discrimination.

Asia Pacific judges discuss HIV response

Thirty judges from sixteen Asia Pacific nations have met in Thailand to discuss how they can create a more supportive environment for people with HIV. The senior judges heard how progressive legal decisions can have a significant impact on the human rights of people with HIV at the forum in Bangkok. Dr Mandeep Dhaliwal, director of UNDP’s HIV, Health & Development Practice, has told Radio Australia’s Asia Pacific although judges work in different social and cultural contexts, they all have the same responsibility to protect human rights. “I think they can certainly play a role in reducing stigma both within the court room, the le

Supreme Court says law can’t dictate anti-AIDS groups’ speech

Better Health, Better Human Rights

WTO Members Agree On Draft Extension Of TRIPS Transition For LDCs

Brave OAS resolution on Human Rights

Asia Pacific judges discuss HIV response

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