Partnerships to Protect Human Rights of PLHIV
We foster partnerships with human rights institutions, legal services and unions to promote and protect the human rights of PLHIV and affected communities.
We need to foster partnerships with human rights organisations and institutions, legal services, lawyers, unions and related advocacy agencies in order to:
- develop awareness of HIV-related stigma and discrimination and encourage the development of HIV-related legal and advocacy expertise
- ensure access to legal advice and advocacy for individuals seeking to enforce their rights
- ensure access to organisations and individuals who can assist in training staff and volunteers on HIV-related legal issues and referral networks, and
- develop joint advocacy strategies and programmes, including among NGOs with human rights expertise and other NGOs responding to HIV, to prevent and respond to HIV-related discrimination and stigma and promote the protection of human rights more broadly, including promoting the rights of women and children and addressing the underlying causes of vulnerability, such as poverty and inequities in access to education.