Publications about human rights and HIV

HIV, the Law and Human Rights in the African Human Rights System: Key Challenges and Opportunities for Rights-Based Responses — Report on the Study of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights

Right to health

Confronting discrimination advancing health

Confronting discrimination

Joint United Nations statement on ending discrimination in health care settings

Fast-Track and human rights — Advancing human rights in efforts to accelerate the response to HIV

Agenda for zero discrimination in health-care settings

Eliminating discrimination in health care — Stepping stone towards ending the AIDS epidemic

Shoulder to shoulder — Protecting key populations against human rights violations in Tajikistan

Get on the Fast-Track — The life-cycle approach to HIV

Agenda for zero discrimination in health care

Sustaining the human rights response to HIV

Human rights and the law

Eliminating forced, coercive and otherwise involuntary sterilization - An interagency statement

Now more than ever: Targeting zero human rights violations of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) people in Africa

Speech by UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé on the occasion of the High-Level Segment of the 22nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council, Geneva, 28 February 2013

"We must be the change we wish to see": Report of the Executive Director to the 30th Meeting of the Programme Coordinating Board

UNAIDS Executive Director’s Statement at the 19th Session of the Human Rights Council thematic panel discussion on HIV: Giving Voice to People Living with and Affected by HIV

"Getting to zero is a journey to social justice": UNAIDS Executive Director’s speech to New Zealand MFAT Town Hall

Community Innovation: Achieving sexual and reproductive health and rights for women and girls through the HIV response

Launch of the Agenda for Accelerating Country Action on Women, Girls, Gender Equality and HIV

Highlights from AIDS 2010, XVIII International AIDS Conference, Vienna, Austria

HIV in cities of the 21st century: How the urban response to HIV can keep cities healthy

We can remove punitive laws, policies, practices, stigma and discrimination that block effective responses to HIV

By Women, For Women

XVIII International AIDS Conference, Vienna, Austria - 18-23 July 2010

Speech to opening of AIDS 2010 by Michel Sidibé, UNAIDS Executive Director

Statement by UNAIDS Executive Director on the occasion of International Day Against Homophobia

UNAIDS Executive Director's video message on China's travel ban lift

5th Francophone conference on HIV/AIDS in Casablanca

Speech by UNAIDS Executive Director: Pragmatism vs. Punishment: The Case for Harm Reduction

Beautiful Music: Bringing Africa’s Drug Regulations in Harmony with Human Health

Jurists, Justice and AIDS

Statement of Principles on HIV, the Law and the Judiciary in sub-Saharan Africa

South Africa’s Reinvigorated AIDS Response - Speech by Michel Sidibé

Message from Michel Sidibé, Executive Director of UNAIDS, on the occasion of World AIDS Day “Universal Access and Human Rights”, 1 December 2009

Denying Entry, Stay and Residence due to HIV Status

Universal access for men who have sex with men: winds of change; signs of hope

The impact of HIV-related restrictions on entry, stay and residence: an annotated bibliography

The impact of HIV-related restrictions on entry, stay and residence: personal narratives

Mapping of restrictions on the entry, stay and residence of people living with HIV

Report of the International Task Team on HIV-related Travel Restrictions - Findings and Recommendations - December 2008

Putting People First: The AIDS response in Asia and the Pacific

Reducing HIV Stigma and Discrimination: a critical part of national AIDS programmes A resource for national stakeholders in the HIV response

Policy Brief - HIV and International Labour Migration

"AIDS and gender equality: a time for new paradigms" - Speech by Michel Sidibé, UNAIDS Executive Director - Opening of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) 53rd Session, 2 March 2009

"Why we need harm reduction to reach universal access goals" - Speech by Michel Sidibé, Executive Director of UNAIDS, 28 January 2009.

Policy Brief - Criminalization of HIV transmission

Capacity building workshop on human rights and gender

Safe, Voluntary, Informed Male Circumcision and Comprehensive HIV Prevention Programming Guidance for decision-makers on human rights, ethical and legal consideration