States should enact legislation to provide for the regulation of HIV-related goods

States should enact legislation to provide for the regulation of HIV-related goods, services
and information, so as to ensure widespread availability of qualitative prevention measures and services,
adequate HIV prevention and care information and safe and effective medication at an affordable price.
Refer to Brochure 3 - ADVOCACY (Chapter 1 : Calling for Government Action –Special Focus “Advocacy for equal access to drugs and medical
treatment”) for action ideas.
States should implement and support legal support services that will educate people
affected by HIV/AIDS about their rights, provide free legal services to enforce those rights, develop expertise on
HIV-related legal issues and utilise means of protection in addition to the courts, such as offices of ministries of
justice, ombudspersons, health complaint units and human rights commissions.
Refer to Brochure 3 - ADVOCACY (Chapter 2: Legal Action –Protecting Human Rights in the context of HIV/AIDS) for action ideas.
States, in collaboration with and through the community, should promote a supportive and
enabling environment for women, children and other vulnerable groups by addressing underlying prejudices and
inequalities through community dialogue, specially designed social and health services and support to
community groups.
Refer to Brochure 4 - CARE and SUPPORT for action ideas.
States should promote the wide and ongoing distribution of creative education, training and
media programmes explicitly designed to change attitudes of discrimination and stigmatisation associated with
HIV/AIDS to understanding and acceptance.
Refer to Brochure 2 - EDUCATION and COMMUNICATION (Chapter 1 : Public Education Campaigns and Chapter 2 : Peer Education) for action ideas.
States should ensure that government and the private sector develop codes of conduct
regarding HIV/AIDS issues that translate human rights principles into codes of professional responsibility and
practice, with accompanying mechanisms to implement and enforce these codes.
Refer to Brochure 4 - CARE and SUPPORT for action ideas.
States should ensure monitoring and enforcement mechanisms to guarantee the protection
of HIV-related human rights, including those of people living with HIV/AIDS, their families and communities.
Refer to Brochure 3 - ADVOCACY (Chapter 1 Calling for Government Action) for action ideas.
States should co-operate through all relevant programmes and agencies of the United
Nations system, including UNAIDS, to share knowledge and experience concerning HIV-related human rights
issues and should ensure effective mechanisms to protect human rights in the context of HIV/AIDS at
international level.