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Wednesday, 30 December 2009 23:00
At What Cost? HIV and Human Rights Consequences of the Global “War on Drugs”. Open Society Institute (2009)
 | A decade ago, the member states of the United Nations gathered for a special session of the General Assembly to address the question of how to respond to the world’s drug problems. Convened under the motto “A Drug-free World: We Can Do It!” the nations pledged to achieve significant progress toward total elimination of the opium poppy, the coca bush, and the cannabis plant, and to take “appropriate measures aimed at eliminating or reducing illicit demand for narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances.”1 They also agreed to convene another high-level meeting ten years later to assess how these efforts were progressing. Download this publication |
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Thursday, 02 December 2010 16:48
The Death Penalty for Drug Offences Global Overview 2010. Human Rights Programme of the International Harm Reduction Association (2010)
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In December 2007 the International Harm Reduction Association (IHRA) produced a major report on the death penalty for drug offences. That report, entitled The Death Penalty for Drug Offences: A Violation of International Human Rights Law, provided a detailed review of the use of capital punishment for drug offences worldwide and argued that the application of the death penalty for drugs was in violation of international law. Download this publication |
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Wednesday, 30 December 2009 23:00
Law and Policy Review. HIV/AIDS Asia Regional Program (2009)
| This review provides an overview of international and national regulatory mechanisms on drug use and related HIV prevention, treatment and care with special reference to six countries (Cambodia, China, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Philippines and Viet Nam) included in the HIV/AIDS Asia Regional Program 2007- 2015 (HAARP). Objectives of Download this publication |
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Tuesday, 30 December 2008 23:00
Policy Brief: Criminalization of HIV Transmission. UNDP and UNAIDS (2008)
| n some countries, criminal law is being applied to those who transmit or expose others to HIV infection.1 There are no data indicating that the broad application of criminal law to HIV transmission will achieve either criminal justice or prevent HIV transmission. Download this publication |
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Monday, 30 December 2002 23:00
Cambodia Law on the Prevention and Control of HIV/AIDS. Unknown Author (2002)
| This Law has the objective to determine measures for the prevention and control of the spread of HIV/AIDS in the Kingdom of Cambodia. Download this publication |
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Sunday, 30 December 2001 23:00
Children Affected by HIV/AIDS: Rights and Responses in the Developing World. Save the Children UK (2001)
| AIDS is now the greatest threat to child development in many parts of the world. In responding to HIV/AIDS, however, the children affected by the epidemic, especially those indirectly affected, are too often the forgotten ones. There is already a significant body of literature on the care and support of children living with HIV/AIDS, but most of this focuses on children in developed countries. Download this publication |
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Wednesday, 30 December 2009 23:00
Preview of Law and Policy in South and South East Asia Drugs, Treatment and Harm Reduction. Lawyers Collective HIV/AIDS Unit (2009)
| Unsafe injecting practices among people using drugs is a primary driver of HIV in many parts of Asia. As the fastest and most efficient route of transmission, injecting drug use with unsterile equipment is considered ‘explosive’ to the rapid spread of HIV. This impending threat is significant for a number of countries in South and South East Asia that report highest incidence of HIV infections among injecting drug users (IDUs) Download this publication |
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Thursday, 30 December 2004 23:00
The Philippines Unprotected: Sex, Condoms and the Human Right to Health. Human Rights Watch (2004)
| The Philippines faces a possible explosion of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS), yet its government actively impedes measures that would prevent this incurable and deadly disease. It does so chiefly by impeding access to condoms—the single most effective technology against sexual transmission of HIV, and the cornerstone of HIV prevention efforts since the beginning of the AIDS epidemic. Download this publication |
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Saturday, 30 December 2006 23:00
Case Studies in Litigating the Human Rights of People Living with HIV 2006. UNAIDS (2006)
| One of the greatest lessons we have learned in the HIV epidemic is that people, even if they are aware of the modes of transmission of HIV, cannot simply be expected to change their most intimate behaviour to protect themselves or others from HIV. Nor can people be expected to treat people living with HIV with dignity, compassion or respect. Rather, we have learned that people must be empowered and supported to protect themselves and others in the context of the epidemic, whether it is from infection from the virus or from the stigma and discrimination that attach to the virus or from the life-threatening consequences of becoming ill with AIDS-related disease. Download this publication |
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Monday, 30 December 2002 23:00
Criminal Law, Public Health and HIV Transmission: A Policy Options Paper. UNAIDS (2002)
| A number of cases have been reported in which people living with HIV have been criminally charged for a variety of acts that transmit HIV or risk transmission. In some cases, criminal charges have been laid for conduct that is merely perceived as risking transmission, sometimes with very harsh penalties imposed. Some jurisdictions have moved to enact or amend legislation specifically to address such conduct. The issue has also received public and academic commentary. Download this publication |
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