The Policy Brief recommends actions that governments and their international and civil society partners must take to respond to HIV in the context of refugees. The policy also offers best practice examples and first-person accounts from policy makers who have taken exemplary actions in this area. It builds on the commitments made by States as part of the 2006 High Level Meeting on AIDS, the International Human Rights Law and the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, wherein States parties committed to providing refugees with the same “public relief and assistance” as their nationals, including medical care.
