HIV/AIDS and Human Rights

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Safeguarding human rights is an essential part of responding effectively to the AIDS epidemic at individual, national and global levels. HIV strikes hardest where human rights are least protected, particularly among people and communities on the margins of the society including sex workers, injecting drug users and men who have sex with men. Across the globe more than 40 million people live with HIV, half of whom are women and half the new infections are occurring in young people under 25. Over the past six years, antiretroviral treatment for AIDS, while falling short of a cure, has slashed HIV death rates. At the same time, human rights violations, including stigma and discrimination faced by people living with or affected by HIV/AIDS, still constitute a major barrier both to prevention efforts and access to care, Besides adopting Some specific international human rights instruments, all member states of the UN adopted a Declaration of commitment on HIV/AIDS in June 2001 which pledged to scale up the response to HIV/AIDS within a human rights framework. The book titled “HIV? Aids and Human Rights” covers a wide range of issue like rights of HIV/AIDS patients of HIV/AIDS patients and International guidelines for HIV/AIDS etc. Scheduled in eighteen chapters, this book not only analyses the imperatives, dimensions and deficiencies but also provides valuable suggestions to guide the national and global response to AIDS keeping in tune with the fast changing situations and requirements. This book is must to all those interested in having knowledge about HIV/AIDS patients’ human rights apart from teachers, scholars, students of human rights and police.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR V P Srivastav

Shri V.P. Srivastav has worked on varied national and international issues, is widely known for his contribution for writing several books on Human Rights, Police and Judiciary. He holds a bachelor degree of Law from Gorakhpur University (UP). He was associated with Directorate of Prosecution, Tis Hazari and served as Public Prosecutor. Besides, he was a Faculty member at Delhi Police Training College, Jharoda Kalan, New Delhi and known for his through knowledge and clear expression. Prior to these engagements, he was a practicing advocate and practiced more than seven years. Currently he is working as Copyright Information Officer in the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of Education, New Delhi, a position he has held for several years. A legal activist, a characteristic leader and a research scholar Sri V.P. Srivastav has authored and edited more than dozen books and also been a contributing writer to various magazines and newspapers. He has more than twelve papers in his credit to various topics in law and has participated in several national and international conferences. His two articles have been published in Michigan University, USA and one at United Kingdom besides CBI Journals and Criminal Law Journals in India.

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Title
HIV/AIDS and Human Rights
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
8173413762
Length
xx+582p., Tables; Figures; Appendiex; Maps; Bibliography; Index; 25cm.
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#Human Rights