TITLE: Human Rights in the Context of HIV/AIDS and Other Sexually
Transmissible Infections
AUTHOR: Center for Reproductive Rights
DATE: 2008
PUBLISHER: Center for Reproductive Rights
This briefing paper takes an in-depth look at the standards developed by six UN
“treaty monitoring bodies,” or committees, in the area of HIV/AIDS and other
STIs. Following a brief overview of the origin and work of the committees, this
paper reviews standards each body has adopted as it has monitored governments’
compliance with their duties under international human rights law, including
references to gender. In repeated statements, these bodies have made clear that,
in the context of HIV/AIDS and other STIs, governments are bound by
international standards to ensure prevention, care, and protection from
discrimination.
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