Ten Reasons Why Human Rights Should Occupy the Center of the Global AIDS Struggle

Ralf Jurgens and Jonathan Cohen, OSI, 2008 At the 2006 United Nations High Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS, world leaders reaffirmed that “the full realization of all human rights and fundamental freedoms for all is an essential element in the global response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic.” Yet, as many sad events round the globe, the latest one from only two weeks ago in Macedonia show, this “essential element” remains the missing piece in the fight against AIDS. More

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Now more than ever, law and human rights should occupy the center of the global HIV/AIDS struggle. This booklet, published by OSI's Law and Health Initiative, presents 10 reasons why.

Below is a revised edition of the publication, originally released in 2006. This edition contains the endorsements of 24 leading HIV/AIDS organizations and networks throughout the world. OSI encourages your organization to endorse the declaration by visiting the endorsement page.

The publication is available in Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, English, French, German, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, and Spanish.

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Seeing the police members at the welcoming event together with sex workers activists and supporters, hearing the fact that 90% of reported cases between 2005 -2009 are solved and perpetrators are convicted, and that rape rate over the last year was 40%, was a real inspiration and hope that in a period of time, trough a committed work we can get there too..
--- Marija Tosheva (HOPS, Macedonia) about IHRA-2010, Liverpool.