Achieving HIV Targets through Human Rights Instruments
The Global Forum on MSM & HIV - "Since the beginning of the HIV epidemic, stigma and discrimination have fueled human rights violations against communities that are marginalized and particularly vulnerable to HIV.
There is overwhelming evidence that laws criminalizing same-sex relations, sex work, drug use, HIV non-disclosure, exposure or transmission, and other punitive legislation not only violate human rights, but also negatively impact the effectiveness of the HIV response.[i] Moralistic and politically-driven policies that reinforce homophobia, transphobia, whore-phobia, and drug user-phobia have exacerbated the ongoing and disproportionate burden of HIV among key populations."
This post presents an overview of the human rights political mechanisms and expert bodies available to activists at the Human Rights Council, as well as resources for how they can be utilized. (Photo: andres musta/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)