The XVIII International AIDS Conference in Vienna, whose theme was “Rights Here, Rights Now,” provided a unique opportunity to bring together many people from around the world who share an interest in and commitment to a human rights-based response to HIV/AIDS.
As a follow-up to AIDS 2010 and as part of a larger effort to support greater collaboration among key people working on HIV, human rights and law, UNAIDS and the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network have partnered in order to develop an international roster of practitioners with experience in HIV and human rights.
We are seeking practitioners who have worked on human rights programming and advocacy on legal and policy issues related to HIV. In particular, we welcome suggestions of legal professionals who have a demonstrated track record — preferably with a publication history — of human rights analysis as it concerns HIV. These resource people may be retained by UNAIDS to (1) support countries on audits of the HIV legal environment and/or (2) develop proposals and implement and evaluate strategies for programmes to increase access to justice and reduce stigma and discrimination. With their consent, experts may also be added to the list of resource people on the AIDSLEX “People Connector” (www.aidslex.org).
If you wish to be included on this roster, or to suggest the names of individuals who should be approached about their inclusion in the roster, please contact
David Cozac
Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
mailto:dcozac@aidslaw.ca.
We would be grateful if you could also circulate this notice among your contacts and networks.
Thank you.
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Richard Elliott
mailto:relliott@aidslaw.ca