Handbook for legislators on HIV/AIDS, law and human rights: action to combat HIV/AIDS in view of its devastating human, economic and social impact - Geneva UNAIDS 1999 - 152p. - UNAIDS Best Practice Collection .

Reports the statistics of the AIDS epidemic. Highlights important features of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Windhoek Resolution (1998). Gives examples of political leaders who have made supportive public statements, and regional/national initiatives by parliamentarians who have made the HIV/AIDS and human rights connection. An outline is given of the international law basis of the International Guidelines on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights.


Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome|HIV|Health Education|Jurisprudence|Human Rights

WC 503 .H3 1999