This policy stresses that no single agency or organization can provide for the full spectrum of needs of people living with HIV: partnerships between actors are therefore needed. To enable the active engagement of people living with HIV, UNAIDS urges all actors to ensure that people living with HIV have the space and the practical support for their greater and more meaningful involvement. The GIPA Principle aims to realize the rights and responsibilities of people living with HIV, including their right to self-determination and participation in decision-making processes that affect their lives. This principle was formalized at the 1994 Paris AIDS Summit when 42 countries agreed to “support a greater involvement of people living with HIV at all levels and to stimulate the creation of supportive political, legal and social environments”.

This policy brief focuses on the HIV-related needs and rights of international labour migrants, whether they are in regular or irregular status, and whether their migration is of long or short duration.

Often neglected, food security and nutrition are critical for individuals, households and communities affected by HIV. Lack of food security and poor nutritional status may hasten progression to AIDS-related illnesses and undermine adherence and response to antiretroviral therapy. HIV infection itself undermines food security and nutrition by reducing work capacity and jeopardizing household livelihoods.

Often neglected, food security and nutrition are critical for individuals, households and communities affected by HIV. Lack of food security and poor nutri- tional status may hasten progression to AIDS-related

Often neglected, food security and nutrition are critical for individuals, households and communities affected by HIV. Lack of food security and poor nutritional status may hasten progression to AIDS-related illnesses and undermine adherence and response to antiretroviral therapy. HIV infection itself undermines food security and nutrition by reducing work capacity and jeopardizing household livelihoods.

With the entry into force of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) disability issues have received growing recognition in internaitonal policy debates. The field of HIV is no exception.

This paper reviews how countries can successfully use the flexibilities of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) to increase access to HIV treatment.

This report shows that these global commitments will be achieved only if the unique needs of young women and men are acknowledged, and their human rights fulfilled, respected, and protected. In order to reduce new HIV infections among young people, achieve the broader equity goals set out in the MDGs, and begin to reverse the overall HIV epidemic, HIV prevention and treatment efforts must be tailored to the specific needs of young people.

UNAIDS policy advice on the HIV related risks and prevention, care and treatment needs of international labour migrants.

The two main reasons advanced for criminalizing HIV transmission are to: