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"Life Doesn't Wait"
Romania's Failure to Protect and Support Children and Youth Living with HIV
Glossary
I. Summary
Methods
II. Key Recommendations
To the Government of
Romania
To the European Union
To Other International
Donors
III. Background
IV. Findings
Discrimination in and
Barriers to Access to Education
Vocational Education
Violations of the Right
to Health
Access to Medical
Services
Access to Medications
Violations of the Right
to Privacy and to Information
Violations of the Right
to Privacy
Disclosure of HIV
Status, Sex Education, and the Right to Information
Sex Education
Discrimination and
Barriers to Employment
V. Government Response
and Failures to Protect Children
Inadequate Complaint
Mechanisms
County Directorates of
Child Protection
The National Council
for Combating Discrimination
Inadequate Monitoring
and Investigations of Abuse and Neglect
Inadequate Support for
Caregivers of Children Living with HIV..
De-institutionalization
on the Cheap: The Case of Vidra Orphanage
Aging Out of the Child
Protection System...
Arbitrary Procedures
for Receiving State Subsidies
Adult Complex
Assessment Committees
VI. Human Rights
Standards in International and Romanian Law..
Children's Right to
Protection and Care
The Right to Protection
from Discrimination
The Right to the
Highest Attainable Standard of Health
The Right to Education
The Right to
Information
The Right to Privacy
VII. Detailed
Recommendations
To the Government of
Romania
General Recommendations
Protection and Care for
Children and Youth Living with HIV..
Combating
Discrimination against People Living with HIV..
The Right to Health100
The Right to Education101
The Right to
Information101
The Right to Privacy101
To the European Union102
To Other International
Donors102
VIII. Conclusion103
Acknowledgements104
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