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  • Title: The AIDS epidemic in Africa: openness and human rights.
    Author: Heywood M.
    Journal: SAfAIDS News; 1999 Mar; 7(1):2-7. PubMed ID: 12222384.
    Abstract:
    In 1994, representatives from nine African countries initiated the African Network on Ethics, Law and HIV. The primary aim of the network was to promote human rights, empower persons, develop guidelines, make representations, and support national and international law reform to meet the challenges posed by HIV/AIDS in Africa. This paper looks at the extent of respect and promotion of human rights in the context of AIDS in Africa. It first considers current trends in human rights in the continent. In Africa, significant HIV/AIDS-related human rights violations and omissions occurred in the following areas and among the following population groups. These include gender inequality, employment, criminalization and coercion, drug trials and cures, prisoners, gay men and sex workers. The role of civil and customary law in the AIDS epidemic is to protect, discover and elaborate on the common interest and reject the notion that AIDS creates conflicting rights. However, neither of these laws have been widely utilized to protect rights, and AIDS has not led to complaints being brought before the courts or human rights commissions despite massive violations of human rights AIDS has given rise. The role of the international law in safeguarding the rights of people with HIV/AIDS is also discussed. In addition, AIDS is compounding a vicious cycle whereby socioeconomic factors create vulnerability and HIV infection then creates new inequality. To address these concerns, priority areas of intervention are suggested.
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