Legal and Policy Perspectives on HIV and Human Rights in the Caribbean : Papers from a Symposium at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Spete

George Alleyne

ISBN 10: 9766403147 / ISBN 13: 9789766403140

Editore: University Of The West Indies Press, 2013

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - "The papers assembled in this offering are the outcome of a path-breaking symposium on HIV and Human Rights organised by the University of the West Indies Cave Hill, in partnership with Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP) and The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). An impressive gathering of international agencies, the judiciary, human rights experts, lawyers, NGO s, academics, activists, business persons, union representatives, politicians and persons living with HIV together discussed their concerns about stigma, discrimination and the denial of rights. It was clear at the end of the Symposium that HIV attracts a wide variety of human rights abuses. However, identifying the best means to address these can be controversial, as illustrated in the book. Is it through Constitutions and their provisions guaranteeing human rights generally Or should redress be sought through the courts, or ordinary legislation The urgency of the matter perhaps makes the latter a more attractive approach. The book also illustrates clearly the social and legal issues faced by the protagonists in the HIV challenge and considers the viewpoints of the policy makers, who must not only encourage new, more rights sensitive laws, but also counter societal prejudices which would mitigate against such transformational initiatives. Moreover, the influences of the international community, also represented in the work, must be harnessed. This then, is a diverse text, which considers the troubling, topical and important issue of HIV from a variety of angles and provides a significant contribution to the literature on the subject.".

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• Titolo: Legal and Policy Perspectives on HIV and Human Rights in the Caribbean : Papers from a Symposium at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Spete
• Editore: University Of The West Indies Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 9766403147
• ISBN 13: 9789766403140
• Rilegatura: Taschenbuch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 229 L x 152 A x 13 P (millimetri) 229 millimetri di larghezza per 152 millimetri di altezza per 13 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 374 grammi

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This book is the outcome of a path-breaking symposium on HIV and human rights organized by the University of the West Indies Cave Hill, Barbados, together with the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). An impressive gathering of international agencies, the judiciary, human rights experts, lawyers, nongovernmental organizations, academics, activists, business persons, union representatives, politicians and persons living with HIV together discussed their concerns about stigma, discrimination and the denial of rights.

HIV attracts a wide variety of human rights abuses. However, identifying the best means to address these can be controversial. Should the approach be through constitutions and their provisions guaranteeing human rights generally or should redress be sought through the courts, or ordinary legislation? The contributors consider these questions and illustrate clearly the social and legal issues faced by the protagonists in the HIV challenge and the viewpoints of the policy makers, who must not only encourage new, more rights-sensitive laws but also counter societal prejudices that militate against transformational initiatives.

This diverse text looks at the troubling, topical issue of HIV from several angles and provides a significant contribution to the literature on the subject.