HIV/AIDS and Human Rights Advocacy Resource Manual

Published by The AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (ARASA), the manual is designed to:

• provide readers with a better understanding of the links between HIV/AIDS and human rights;
• set out ways in which law and policy can and should promote an effective human rights-based response to HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa;
• give examples of how Southern African countries have used rights-based law and policy to respond to HIV/AIDS; and
• provide readers with ideas on how to strengthen a rights-based response to HIV/AIDS in their own countries and in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region.

This manual is divided into two parts: Part A is an advocacy and resource manual that is designed to give readers information about HIV/ AIDS and human rights in southern Africa as well as ways of strengthening a human rights-based response to HIV/ AIDS in the region. Part B is a training manual that has been developed for use in conjunction with Part A. It provides trainers with practical exercises to train participants on the way in which laws and policies can protect and promote human rights and how the laws and policies in SADC have met this challenge. The manual is intended for a wide range of people - such as paralegals, lawyers, social workers, counsellors, people working in AIDS service organisations (ASOs) and non-governmental organisations (NGOs), educators, and trade union members.

 

Contents:

 

Part A: Advocacy & Resource Manual

1. Introduction
   
2. Background: HIV and AIDS in Southern Africa
   
3. Introduction to Human Rights
   
4. HIV/AIDS as a Human Rights Issue
   
5. Human Rights Instruments
   
6. The HIV/AIDS and Human Rights International Guidelines - Including: 6A - Structures and Partnerships; 6B - Health Rights; 6C - HIV/AIDS at Work;  6D - Legal Support Services; and  6E - Women, Children & Other Vulnerable Groups
   
7. Monitoring and Enforcement
8. Advocacy
   
9. Networking
   

 

 

Part B: Training Manual - Training Modules

1. Handouts
   
2. Presentations
   
3. Appendices (CD-ROM)