Stay Informed »
Get action alerts, breaking news and updates
Take Action »
Stop Human Rights Abuses

HIV/AIDS
More news»
HIV/AIDS

Many children living with and affected by HIV/AIDS face stigma and discrimination that prevent them from going to school or obtaining health care. Street children, children in conflict with the law, and orphans and abandoned children are especially vulnerable to neglect and abuse, including violence perpetrated by the police. Too often governments fail to protect their rights. The Children’s Rights Division works to raise public awareness of the devastating effect HIV/AIDS has had on children around the world, and to stimulate national and international organizations to take steps to reduce the suffering they are experiencing.

Reports

More reports»
HIV/AIDS
  • Africa's neglected
    Dec 16, 2008

    Located in the region of the world that has been hit the hardest by the AIDS epidemic — southern and eastern Africa — Kenya made antiretroviral treatment for AIDS free of charge in 2006, and has been lauded for its prevention measures. Yet research that Human Rights Watch conducted there last year shows that the government is not doing nearly enough to treat HIV-positive children, the most vulnerable patients.

  • A Question of Life or Death
    Treatment Access for Children Living With HIV in Kenya
    Dec 16, 2008
  • Kenya: Make HIV Treatment for Children a Priority
    Dec 16, 2008

    About 40,000 children in Kenya are likely to die in the next 24 months if they do not receive antiretroviral treatment (ART).

  • Letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Trade, and Immigration of Papua New Guinea
    Sep 14, 2008

    Human Rights Watch writes to commend Papua New Guinea on its recent accession to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). Accession is an important step towards guaranteeing respect for fundamental human rights in Papua New Guinea, and we welcome your government’s actions in this regard.

  • Still Making Their Own Rules
    Ongoing Impunity for Police Beatings, Rape, and Torture in Papua New Guinea
    Oct 29, 2006
  • Papua New Guinea: Government Must End Continuing Police Brutality Against Children
    Oct 29, 2006

    Police violence against children remains rampant in Papua New Guinea, despite recent juvenile justice reform efforts, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Children and others in police custody are often raped and tortured.

  • "Life Doesn't Wait"
    Romania’s Failure to Protect and Support Children and Youth Living with HIV
    Aug 1, 2006
  • Romania: Discrimination Closes Doors for Children With HIV
    Aug 1, 2006

    Thousands of Romanian children and youth living with HIV face widespread discrimination that keeps many of them from attending school, obtaining necessary medical care, working, or even learning about their medical condition, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.

  • What Future?
    Street Children in the Democratic Republic of Congo
    Apr 4, 2006
  • A Tale of Two Presidential Initiatives
    Jan 31, 2006

    In 2001, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni returned from the UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on HIV/AIDS with an ambitious task: to launch Uganda’s first nationwide school-based HIV-prevention curriculum.

More documents on this topic»