HRIA Tool/Instrument: Guide to an effective human rights response to the HIV epidemic
- Using international law to shape national law in Eastern & Southern Africa
Author(s): Centre for the Study of AIDS and Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria
Publisher: 2007, UNDP
This is part of series of human rights advocacy tools that includes:
• A Guide
• A Compendium and CD-ROM
• A PowerPoint presentation
• Flipcharts
• A website
These are all available at http://www.undp.org/hiv/pa_africa.htm.
The guide is part of series of human rights advocacy tools. It is intended to support implementation of human rights-based approaches in AIDS response in Eastern and Southern Africa, and is designed for use by government officials, parliamentarians, judiciary members, lawyers, CSOs, people living with HIV, and other stakeholders.
The Guide gives information on using the frameworks of international human rights law as the basis for shaping national laws addressing HIV in Eastern and Southern Africa. It will assist stakeholders to develop strategies to strengthen national law in ways that uphold the human rights of people livingwith HIV.
