human rights

Declaration of rights for people living with HIV/AIDS

Fri, 18 Nov 2005 00:50:03 -0800

Full text of the revised Declaration of Rights for People Living with HIV/AIDS, launched at the NAPWA Conference on 19 November.

Fiji outlaws HIV discrimination

Graham Stocks — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 19:22:19 -0800

Fiji has made it unlawful to discriminate against people with HIV.

The HIV/AIDS Decree 2011 was adopted by the government this month, winning praise locally and internationally.

Pacific Islands AIDS Foundation legal trainer and policy analyst, Laitia Tamata, says the decree represents years of hard work by many people to give PLHIVPerson (or people) Living with HIV. This term is now preferred over the older PLWHA. a legal avenue to challenge discrimination.

An end to stigma

Graham Stocks — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 15:52:54 -0800

The stigma of HIV is something we can live without. And with your help we can make a start.

We want to hear from all sorts of people, particularly positve women, about what it means to be positive.

AIDS 2010 opens with calls to action on human rights and the hope for a cure

Paul Kidd — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:32:36 -0700

The XVIII International AIDS Conference has officially started with an opening session focusing heavily on the need for action on human rights and a call by an Australian researcher for greater focus on the prospect of a cure for HIV.

HIV legal website launched

Graham Stocks — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:23:05 -0800

AIDSLEX is an international tool for activists, community organisations, researchers, policymakers, journalists, health workers and anyone who wants quick and easy access to a wide range of resources about HIV, human rights and the law.

The central component of the website is a database of over 2700 documents (and growing) on a range of human rights and legal issues related to HIV.

NAPWA represented at National Human Rights Consultation Committee meeting

Graham Stocks — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:51:17 -0700

NAPWA’s Deputy Director, Dr John Rule, along with representatives from GBLTI organisations, attended a meeting with Mary Kostakidis and Father Frank Brennan of the National Human Rights Consultation Committee.

Govt to urge neighbours not to discriminate

Jill Sergeant — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:07:34 -0700

The Rudd Government will encourage Australia’s Asia-Pacific neighbours to introduce laws that protect people with HIV and homosexually active men from discrimination.

NAPWA Positive Women endorse new Terms of reference (TOR)

Scott Lockhart — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:41:07 -0800

NAPWA positve women have recently endorsed new Terms of reference for the advisory group.

Declaration of rights: launch speech

admin — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 23:20:54 -0800

The full text of the speech by Mr David Buchanan SC at the launch of the Declaration of Rights for People Living with HIV/AIDS on 18 November 2005.

Launch of the Declaration of Rights of People Living with HIV/AIDS

Paul Kidd — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 15:30:20 -0800

There are sound legal, ethical and practical reasons for protecting the human rights of people living with HIV/AIDS, a conference in Adelaide has been told.