Foreword = 2
Acknowledgments = 4
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY = 9
I. INTRODUCTION = 17
(I) Gravity of the Global Problem = 17
(ii) Impact on Development = 17
(iii) Purpose of this Handbook = 18
II. BACKGROUND = 19
(i) Windhoek IPU Resolution on HIV/AIDS = I9
(ii) Issues for Parliamentarians = 20
(iii) HIV/AIDS Law, Policy and Human Rights - International Guidelines = 24
III. ANNOTATED INTERNATIONAL GUIDELINES = 29
(A) Institutional Responsibilities and Processes = 30
(1)National framework = 30
(2)Supporting community partnership = 34
(B) Law Review, Reform and Support Services = 36
(3)Public health legislation = 36
(4)Criminal laws and correctional systems = 50
(5) Antidiscrimination and protective laws = 64
(6) Regulation of goods, services and information = 79
(7) legal support services = 88
(C) Promotion of a Supportive and Enabling Environment = 90
(8) Women, children and other vulnerable groups = 90
(9) Changing discriminatory attitudes - education, training, the media = 98
(10) Developing public/private implementation standards/mechanisms = 100
(11) State monitoring and enforcement of human rights = 101
(12) International cooperation = 103
IV. CONCLUSION = 109
ANNEXES = 110
Annex A Medical facts = 110
Recent intiatives in vaccine development access to treatment = 111
Annex B Resolution unanimously adopted by the 99th Inter-paliamentary Union Conference (Windhoek 10 April, 1998) = 114
Annex C International Guidelines on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights = 118
Annex D About UNAIDS = 138
Annex E About the Inter-Parliamentary Union = 140
ENDNOTES = 142
Acknowledgments = 4
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY = 9
I. INTRODUCTION = 17
(I) Gravity of the Global Problem = 17
(ii) Impact on Development = 17
(iii) Purpose of this Handbook = 18
II. BACKGROUND = 19
(i) Windhoek IPU Resolution on HIV/AIDS = I9
(ii) Issues for Parliamentarians = 20
(iii) HIV/AIDS Law, Policy and Human Rights - International Guidelines = 24
III. ANNOTATED INTERNATIONAL GUIDELINES = 29
(A) Institutional Responsibilities and Processes = 30
(1)National framework = 30
(2)Supporting community partnership = 34
(B) Law Review, Reform and Support Services = 36
(3)Public health legislation = 36
(4)Criminal laws and correctional systems = 50
(5) Antidiscrimination and protective laws = 64
(6) Regulation of goods, services and information = 79
(7) legal support services = 88
(C) Promotion of a Supportive and Enabling Environment = 90
(8) Women, children and other vulnerable groups = 90
(9) Changing discriminatory attitudes - education, training, the media = 98
(10) Developing public/private implementation standards/mechanisms = 100
(11) State monitoring and enforcement of human rights = 101
(12) International cooperation = 103
IV. CONCLUSION = 109
ANNEXES = 110
Annex A Medical facts = 110
Recent intiatives in vaccine development access to treatment = 111
Annex B Resolution unanimously adopted by the 99th Inter-paliamentary Union Conference (Windhoek 10 April, 1998) = 114
Annex C International Guidelines on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights = 118
Annex D About UNAIDS = 138
Annex E About the Inter-Parliamentary Union = 140
ENDNOTES = 142