Human Rights and HIV/AIDS has posted a new blog by Julio Montaner: HIV ‘Treatment as Prevention’ Agenda Can’t Effectively Move Forward Without a Major Focus on Human Rights
The Kolkata meeting will deliberate on the "Seven Freedoms" - the right to move, work, have access to healthcare, participate, organise, be free of violence and discrimination -- without which sex workers say they cannot reduce their vulnerability to HIV.
The United Nations has announced the appointment of Michel Kazatchkine as the Secretary-General’s new Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, one of only two regions in the world where HIV is continuing to grow.
There is no system of alternative sanctions for criminal offenders in Montenegro. NGO 4 Life have therefore started to lobby and advocating over the past eight months for the introduction of alternative sanctions for drug offenders.
Фонды «Открытое общество» (ФОО) обращаются к неправительственным организациям (НПО) с просьбой предоставить информацию об инициативах совместной работы с органами правопорядка в целях улучшения здоровья и соблюдения прав человека секс-работников и/или потребителей наркотиков.
The Open Society Foundations (OSF) request information from non-governmental organizations (NGOs) about initiatives where they have worked with the police to improve the health and human rights of sex workers and/or drug users.
This is the latest in a series of “good practice” case studies undertaken by the Global Drug Policy Program. Also in the series are reports on Portugal and Switzerland.