The Commission looks forward to hearing from you if you have worked or presently work in Eastern Europe and Central Asia on the following issues:
(1) Laws and practices that effectively criminalise people living with HIV and vulnerable to HIV;
(2) Laws and practices that facilitate or impede HIV-related treatment access;
(3) Issues of law and HIV pertaining to the rights to education, work, healthcare and residency.
Countries covered by this Call
The Commission looks forward to hearing from you if you have worked or presently work in Eastern Europe and Central Asia on the following issues:
(1) Laws and practices that effectively criminalise people living with HIV and vulnerable to HIV;
(2) Laws and practices that facilitate or impede HIV-related treatment access;
(3) Issues of law and HIV pertaining to the rights to education, work, healthcare and residency.
Countries covered by this Call
You are invited to make a submission if your experience has been in any of the following countries: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kosovo – UN administered territory, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.
Submissions will be reviewed by a selection committee created by the United Nations and the Global Commission and a set of contributors of submissions will be invited to Chisinau to participate in the Regional dialogue, which will be conducted with simultaneous translation between Russian and English.
How to Submit
Instructions on how to submit can be found in the Call for Submissions.
The English version of the Call for Submissions can be found at:
Word doc: http://hivlawcommission.org/images/stories/rd_eeca_call_en.doc
PDF doc: http://hivlawcommission.org/images/stories/rd_eeca_call_en.pdf
The Russian version of the Call for Submissions can be found at:
Word doc: http://hivlawcommission.org/images/stories/rd_eeca_call_russian.doc
PDF doc: http://hivlawcommission.org/images/stories/rd_eeca_call_russian.pdf
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www.hivlawcommission.org
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Please note that although this call is specifically for the Regional Dialogue in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, other Regional Dialogues are also being planned. Calls for Submissions for these (with appropriate translations) shall be put up on the website shortly and their announcement shall be disseminated at that time.
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About the Global Commission on HIV and the Law
The Global Commission on HIV and the Law was formally launched in June 2010 by UNDP on behalf of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS. The Commission is charged with developing actionable and evidence-informed recommendations for effective HIV responses that respect the human rights of people living with HIV and those most vulnerable to it. The Commission will focus on some of the most challenging legal and human rights issues in the context of HIV as enumerated above.
Regional Dialogues
To ensure that it is informed by and responding to country needs and perspectives, the Commission will host a series of Regional Dialogues in which representatives from a diverse range of civil society organizations representing affected and key populations will meaningfully interact with governments and authorities that shape and execute the law. The Regional Dialogues will also be an important opportunity for the voices of civil society affected by human rights issues related to HIV to be heard.