Condoms, Clean Needles, and Generic Drugs: Key Issues for the XV International AIDS Conference

Human Rights Watch has issued numerous reports showing that human rights abuses against persons living with and at high risk of HIV/AIDS contribute significantly to new HIV infections worldwide. This is true in Thailand, the host of this year’s AIDS conference, as well as in numerous other countries worldwide. The International AIDS Conference provides an opportunity to expose these abuses and to hold governments to their obligation to mount the most effective possible response to HIV/AIDS.