The International Guidelines on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights.

UNAIDS and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights have developed a set of guidelines for Member States to assist
them in designing programmes and policies and developing legislation that promote and protect human rights in the context of
HIV/AIDS.
The International Guidelines on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights.
•Represent the collective recommendations of experts from the health, human rights, government and civil society, including people living with
HIV/AIDS on how human rights should be protected and promoted, respected and fulfilled in the context of HIV/AIDS.
•Are based on existing human rights principles translated into concrete measures that should be taken as part of an effective HIV/AIDS strategy.
•Are not a formal treaty, but are based on international human rights treaties that must be observed by all states that have ratified them.
•Have been welcomed by the UN Commission on Human Rights and by human rights, development and health organizations around the world.
The International Guidelines on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights
How can we contribute ?
States should establish an effective national framework for their response to HIV/AIDS which ensures a co-ordinated,
participatory, transparent and accountable approach, integrating HIV/AIDS policy and programme responsibilities across all branches of
government.
Refer to Brochure 3 - ADVOCACY for action ideas.
States should ensure, through political and financial support, that community consultation occurs in all phases of HIV/AIDS policy
design, programme implementation and evaluation and that community organizations are enabled to carry out their activities, including in the field of
ethics, law and human rights, effectively.
Refer to Brochure 2 - EDUCATION and COMMUNICATION, and Brochure 3 – ADVOCACY for action ideas.
States should review and reform public health laws to ensure that they adequately address public health issues raised by
HIV/AIDS, that their provisions applicable to casually transmitted diseases are not inappropriately applied to HIV/AIDS and that they are
consistent with international human rights obligations.
Refer to Brochure 3 - ADVOCACY for action ideas.
States should review and reform criminal laws and correctional systems to ensure that they are consistent with international
human rights obligations and are not misused in the context of HIV/AIDS or targeted against vulnerable groups.
Refer to Brochure 3 - ADVOCACY for action ideas.
States should enact or strengthen anti-discrimination and other protective laws that protect vulnerable groups, people living
with HIV/AIDS and people with disabilities from discrimination in both the public and private sectors, ensure privacy and confidentiality and ethics
in research involving human subjects, emphasise education and conciliation, and provide for speedy and effective administrative and civil
remedies.