New federal regulations targeting organized crime will make keeping a common bawdy house a "serious offence" under the Criminal Code. Sex work advocates reacted by calling the measure a serious step back that will undermine the protection of sex workers' human rights, safety, dignity and health.
Two bills before the Uganda parliament have raised the ire of HIV and sexual equality advocates, who charge that the draft legislation will violate the basic rights of those affected.
A Malawian gay couple sentenced to 14 years' hard labour for holding a public engagement ceremony was pardoned by Presidential decree in May 2010 at a press conference alongside United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
High rates of pre-trial detention and extreme prison overcrowding are closely linked to poor health--and particularly to HIV and tuberculosis transmission and treatment--in prisons in sub-Saharan Africa. In this article, based on a presentation made at an AIDS 2010 satellite, Katherine Todrys describes the intersection of pre-trial detention and health in Zambian prisons.
There was a visible presence for China during AIDS 2010, which included a delegation of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from the country. Chinese officials also presented on the government's work on HIV/AIDS, which elicited critical feedback from activists. In this article, conference attendees Sara L. M. Davis and Li Dan outline the main human rights issues in China's response to HIV/AIDS.
In recent years, Europe has witnessed a rise in the number of migrant sex workers, in part because of increased mobility for citizens of European Union member states. However, migrant sex workers find themselves in a highly vulnerable position in regard to having their rights respected and accessing HIV prevention services. In this article, based on a presentation at AIDS 2010, Licia Brussa and Veronica Munk outline the current situation of migrant sex workers in Europe and the steps that need to be taken to ensure that their rights are respected.
From 10-12 June 2010, the 2nd Symposium on HIV, Law and Human Rights took place in Toronto and drew close to 200 participants from Canada and some international guests. The event built on the success of the inaugural Symposium in 2009, bringing together researchers, community-based organizations and members, lawyers, policy-makers, students in various disciplines and others in pursuit of evidence- and human rights-based public policies relating to HIV prevention and treatment.
While law enforcement often plays a deleterious role in furthering the spread of HIV/AIDS, there are also opportunities for it to promote health and reduce risky behaviour. The following article by Tom Lloyd summarizes an AIDS 2010 panel discussion, which he moderated, on the steps that law enforcement leadership could take in that regard.
Informed consent, counselling and confidentiality are key tenets of a human rights approach to HIV testing. In this article, based on an oral poster presentation at AIDS 2010, Allison K. Groves and Cynthia Eyakuze discuss the results of a study on HIV testing of women in ante-natal clinics in Durban, South Africa and how communication about testing may undermine the practice of obtaining informed consent.
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