HIV/AIDS

Deporting HIV-Positive Migrants Threatens Lives, Global Goals

Human Rights Watch — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:32:25 -0700

(London) - National governments, in cooperation with international agencies and donors, should reconsider deportation policies for people living with HIV/AIDS, four HIV/AIDS and human rights groups said in a report released today.

EU should help end impunity of Congo war criminals

Juliane Kippenberg — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 07:26:43 -0700

In the hills of South Kivu, eastern Congo, I recently met a group of adolescent girls and young women whose babies were born from rape, and who were struggling to cope.

Congolese soldiers had gang-raped them. A 16-year-old girl, holding her baby, said "I wanted to pursue these soldiers in court but then learned they'd been transferred."

Letter to Prime Minister Golding

Human Rights Watch — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 06:34:40 -0800

Attention: Prime Minister Golding
Jamaica House
1 Devon Road
Kingston 6
Jamaica, West Indies

Dear Prime Minister Golding,

Policy Paralysis

Human Rights Watch — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:20:28 -0800

POLICY PARALYSIS:

A CALL FOR ACTION ON HIV/AIDS-RELATED HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS IN AFRICA

SUMMARY

Letter to Kenya National Commission for Human Rights concerning treatment for HIV-positive children and corporal punishment

Human Rights Watch — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 06:52:29 -0800

Ms. Florence Simbiri-Jaoko
Chairperson
Kenya National Commission for Human Rights

Dear Ms. Simbiri-Jaoko:

Kenya: Address Children’s Rights in AIDS Strategy

Human Rights Watch — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:47:36 -0800

Human Rights Watch Submission regarding the Kenya National HIV/AIDS Strategic Plan, 2009-2014

Human Rights Watch — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:31:22 -0800

Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to provide input into the drafting of the next Kenya National HIV/AIDS Strategic Plan (KNASP), 2009/10-2013/14. Our organization carries out worldwide research and advocacy on the linkages between human rights and health issues, including HIV/AIDS.

DR Congo: Rights Panel Condemns Abuses Against Children

Human Rights Watch — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 06:39:23 -0800

(New York) - The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo should urgently carry out new recommendations from the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child to protect children from violence and abuse, Human Rights Watch and the Coalition of Congolese Non-governmental Organizations on Child Rights (CODE) said today.

Africa's neglected

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 05:01:14 -0800

20-month-old Daniel is sitting on his grandmother’s lap in a small house in Nyangoma village, Western Kenya. His body is periodically shaken by a violent cough, and he looks tired and weak.

Daniel (not his real name) is HIV-positive and suspected to have tuberculosis, the leading cause of death for people living with HIV.

A Question of Life or Death

Human Rights Watch — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:32:11 -0800

In this 100-page report, Human Rights Watch documents how the government's HIV treatment program has failed to get lifesaving drugs to the majority of children who need them. If untreated, half of all children born with HIV will die before their second birthdays.