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ItemCorporate social responsibility as a tool to enhance the fight against HIV/AIDS( 2010) Jongh, Maggie : de ; Frouville, Olivier : deThe question as to what extent Corporate Social Responsibility can contribute to the fight against HIV/AIDS touches upon many interesting questions. The rights of HIV positive people find their basis in the right to health. When assessing the difficulties for States to realise the right to health, issues such as the impact of patents on access to medicine are important. This matter simultaneously demonstrates a first link between the fight against HIV/AIDS and the private sector. The adverse social and economic consequences of HIV/AIDS provides the reader with an idea of the impact it has on the lives of persons living with HIV/AIDS, their loved ones, the community but also on national economy and the functioning of the private sector. The question arises whether corporations have a moral or legal duty to contribute to the fight against HIV/AIDS and the realisation of human rights in general. This dissertation underscores the fact that corporations share a responsibility towards society.The social contribution required from corporations, provided it remains economically viable, should in the future be embedded in a legally binding framework on Corporate Responsibility and human rights.
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ItemDe-institutionalising India’s orphanages : localising child rights in an institution for HIV-infected/affected children in Rajasthan( 2017) Mortensen, Therese Boje ; Melander, GöranThe fact that children growing up in institutional settings are at risk of harmful development is recognised in both psychological studies and international law on children’s rights. Still, orphanages persist in many parts of the world. In India, ‘care homes’ or ‘hostels’ are common alternative care solutions for children from impoverished families. Through a legal and, primarily, an anthropological lens, this thesis asks to what extent the clear impetus towards de-institutionalisation in international human rights law has potential to change such practices. The study contributes to a body of scholarship on ‘localising children’s rights’ by conducting an ethnographic case study of an institution for HIV-infected/affected children in Rajasthan. The study finds a complex picture with numerous causation factors of institutionalisation, including a widespread stigma of HIV/AIDS, poverty, a positive perception of institutions, and lack of functional alternatives. The institution in question also played a range of social functions other than child care, such as education, a means for parents to ‘rescue’ their children from extreme poverty, and a supportive environment for the community of people living with HIV/AIDS. These factors point to the need for a more contextualised approach to children’s rights, specifically that local causation factors and social functions of existing institutions should be taken into account when developing rights-based deinstitutionalization strategies.
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ItemLe droit d'access aux medicaments dans les pays d'Afrique subsaharienne a l'épreuve de l'accord sur les aspects des droits de propriété intellectuelle liés au commerce (ADPIC)( 2007) Kamonyo Sibomana, Emmanuel ; Frouville, Olivier : de
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Item"The good and the bad and the worst and the best" : South African AIDS policy after the Medicine Act case: a story of good intentions, ambiguous choices and a violation of the right to health( 2006) Tsaira, Aikaterini Antonia ; Hennebel, Ludovic
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ItemIt takes more than condoms: the rights-based approach to prevention of HIV/AIDS in female sex workers in Thailand and Colombia( 2012) Navia Henao, Ximena ; Gaay Fortman, Bas : deAIDS has become a human rights and a social problem that thrives on inequalities and deepens the vulnerability of certain population groups. In countries like Thailand and Colombia, female sex workers are at the heart of the epidemic. Cumulative factors of vulnerability such as risky sexual healthy behaviours, stigmatisation, criminalisation and poverty makes them at risk of HIV/AIDS. Taking into account the role of the State as the primary duty bearer under international law, this paper explores the inherent right of sex workers to have access to HIV prevention services and evaluates the initiatives taken by Thailand and Colombia to respond to their legal obligations. Considering both the positive steps and the gaps in HIV prevention programmes in the two countries, this paper will demonstrate the added value of human rights-based strategies to HIV prevention in female sex workers.
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ItemPrevention and treatment of the HIV/Aids epidemic : a comparative study on the right to health in Thailand and Laos( 2002) Minetti, Mika Mario ; Papisca, Antonio
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ItemReligion and human rights: conflicting values? The impact of Christian values on HIV/AIDS prevention: a case study of the United States and the Philippines( 2005) Linder, Barbara ; Pace, Vincenzo ; Papisca, Antonio
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ItemTo be or not to be justiciable: enforcing the economic, social and cultural rights of children orphaned and made vulnerable by by HIV/AIDS in South Africa( 2004) Verstraeten, Bart ; Panos S. Kordoutis
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ItemWomen and HIV/AIDS in prison: a human rights approach : the Angola context( 2010) Alves, Joana : Mendes ; Vianello, FrancescaPrisoners do not (should not) lose their rights while they are deprived of their liberty under the custody of the State besides the lawful limitations inherent to incarceration. They must be considered by the State as part of the population and Governments should not neglect their rights as human beings. As prison systems have been primarily designed for men, who continue to be the majority of the prison population, prison policies and procedures often do not address women’s rights and needs. Data on the health of women in prison and the health care provided for them, namely related with HIV/AIDS, is rare. This situation inhibits the States to adequately respect, protect and fulfil the inalienable human rights of women in prison even when they are provided by the national and international law. As an example of this situation we chose the Angola´s context. Among it, the current thesis aims to assess the problematic related with women prisoners affected by HIV/AIDS in a human rights perspective . It explores how the existing international, regional and national human rights instruments, to which Angola has adhered, guarantee the protection of women in this particular situation and the importance of systematic assessment necessary to effectively fulfil those rights.