Using Human Rights to Improve Legal and Regulatory

Frameworks for HIV/AIDS

The removal of punitive laws, policies, practices, stigma and

discrimination that block effective responses to AIDS is a priority for

collective action - UNAIDS, 2009

Sofia Gruskin, Eszter Kismodi, Aziza Ahmed and Jane Cottingham

THE TOOL

The INSTRUMENT: This research component aims to assess legal, regulatory and standard public health data from a human rights perspective

It consists of questions on: • The international and national legal context of a country,

including its human rights commitments• Broad, cross-cutting issues relating to the health issues at

hand• Laws, regulations and policies• Health systems financing, performance and outcomes

The PROCESS brings government officials, policy makers and other stakeholders together to address barriers and challenges related to the health topic

PROCESS

INSTRUMENT

LESSONS LEARNED

Recognize national human rights obligations related to sexual and reproductive health and HIV.

Review and document government efforts to put in place a supportive legal and policy framework related to sexual and reproductive health and HIV.

Identify legal, policy and regulatory barriers to sexual and reproductive health and HIV.

Engage health sector and non-health sector actors to help eliminate law, regulatory and policy barriers to sexual and reproductive health and HIV.

Make recommendations for legal reform to overcome or reduce these barriers.

Field tested in 7 countriesField tested in Brazil, Indonesia, Malawi, Moldova, Mozambique,Sri Lanka and Tajikistan

Using THE TOOL can help to…

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