•Employers require HIV-testing of

•Employers require HIV-testing of
candidates before appointing them
to a job.
•The right to confidentiality when
announcing HIV-positive status, is not
properly protected.
•HIV/AIDS-positive women are
deprived of property or maintenance,
if abandoned by their husbands.
•HIV-testing without consent is
permitted.
•People who are HIV-positive are
forbidden to marry.
•HIV-positive people are refused
admittance to hospital.
•There is no sufficient protection of
rape victims, and of victims of domestic
violence and sexual abuse within or
outside the family.
•There is prohibition of syringe exchange
services for injecting drug users.
•Tere is impunity for traffickers and others
involved in the commercial sexual
exploitation of children or women.
•Hospitals/clinics refuse to treat people
living with HIV/AIDS.
Key legal problems to be adressed…
Providing easy access to legal information and advice to young people is a legal aid service in which
youth organizations have a key role to play. In many universities, legal information centres are set up by
students and provide services to people within and outside the university. Linking up with professional
organizations of lawyers is essential, so that legal information can be easily followed-up by legal advice and
representation, if needed. Support campaigns to change laws that do not conform with international human
rights standards is another area of legal action in which youth organizations have a lot to contribute
(cf. Brochure 2: Public awareness campaigns to fight discrimination in your community)