Spring 2010 - HIV/AIDS & the Rule of Law

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Civil Rights & Constitution

Rights Here, Right Now

by ByJulio Montanerand Brigitte Schmied

The theme Rights Here, Right Now underscores the sobering reality that without more focused attention to human rights, the goal of universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care, and support is unattainable.

Civil Rights & Constitution

Cross-Disciplinary Collaborations as Tools to Protect the Right to Health

by Evelyn P. Tomaszewski

Advocating for and protecting human rights is linked to promoting and protecting health, and the promotion of human rights is a fundamental tenet of effectively addressing HIV/AIDS.

Civil Rights & Constitution

Universal Access and Human Rights For Women and Girls, Too

by Shelley D. Hayes, Bambi W. Gaddist and Andre W. Rawls

Culture, history, and laws can combine to deny women and girls equal access to HIV prevention and care.

Civil Rights & Constitution

Sex Trafficking and HIV/AIDS: A Deadly Junction for Women and Girls

by Amanda Kloer

The nexus of the global epidemics of sex trafficking and HIV/AIDS primarily manifests in the lives of women and girls. This in-tersection exists in sex trafficking victims’ increased vulnerability to HIV infection, the proliferation of HIV infection through sex trafficking, and the perceived and actual clashes between HIV and sex trafficking prevention efforts.

Civil Rights & Constitution

Human Rights and HIV: Men Who Have Sex with Men

by Richard Wilson

Men who have sex with men face unique, significant, and widespread human rights challenges with regard to HIV/AIDS.

Civil Rights & Constitution

Faith-Based Organizations and the HIV/AIDS Pandemic

David P. Pusateri

Among a host of controversial issues that envelop HIV/AIDS is the role religion plays in combating and responding to the dis-ease.

Civil Rights & Constitution

Ex-Offenders' Right to Health: HIV/AIDS and Reentry

bt Natasha H. Williams

The prevalence of communicable and chronic diseases among prisoners during incarceration and upon release demonstrates the severity and extent of unmet health-care needs—especially for those with HIV/AIDS.

Civil Rights & Constitution

Rapid-Onset Natural Disasters and HIV: "Collateral Mortality"

by Andre W. Rawls and Shelley D. Hayes

Embedded in those graphic images of death and destruction and of those trying to save lives in the immediate aftermath of a rapid-onset natural disaster is the unseen and seldom-discussed “collateral mortality” that accompanies such emergencies—loss of continuity in care for those living with HIV.

Civil Rights & Constitution

American Cities Lead the Way: HIV Testing Is for Everyone

by Marsha A. Martin

Screening for HIV is necessary to detect the presence of the virus and to determine whether transmission/infection has occurred and whether and when to start treatment.

Civil Rights & Constitution

Whose Business Is It?

by Denise McWilliams

Electronic medical records clearly facilitate the aggregation of massive amounts of data about people’s experiences with particular genetic markers, diseases, medications, and other treatments.

Civil Rights & Constitution

Human Rights Hero: Ronald V. Dellums

by Damon A. Powell and VaShone Huff

After establishing himself as a virtual icon within the world of American politics, Ronald V. Dellums left that world and entered the battle to combat HIV and AIDS.

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Spring 2010 - HIV/AIDS & the Rule of Law

Introduction: Why Rights, Why Here, and Why Now?

Featured

Rights Here, Right Now

Cross-Disciplinary Collaborations as Tools to Protect the Right to Health

Universal Access and Human Rights For Women and Girls, Too

Sex Trafficking and HIV/AIDS: A Deadly Junction for Women and Girls

Human Rights and HIV: Men Who Have Sex with Men

Faith-Based Organizations and the HIV/AIDS Pandemic

Ex-Offenders' Right to Health: HIV/AIDS and Reentry

Rapid-Onset Natural Disasters and HIV: "Collateral Mortality"

American Cities Lead the Way: HIV Testing Is for Everyone

Whose Business Is It?

Human Rights Hero: Ronald V. Dellums