Showing 374 news articles about Discrimination & the law

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In some jurisdictions, punitive laws and policies increase people’s vulnerability to HIV. In other jurisdictions, the law protects human rights and defends people against unfair treatment in employment, in healthcare and when using services.

Human rights

Right to health, right to life: HIV and human rights in Europe

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UNAIDS
3 June 2013
Discrimination & the law

Nigeria: People Living With HIV/Aids Protest Non-Passage of Anti-Discrimination Bill

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AllAfrica
31 May 2013
Human rights

AIDS laws in Asia and the Pacific are failing to protect those most vulnerable

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United Nations Development Programme
30 May 2013
Employment

US: No postings yet for HIV-positive Marines, sailors since policy change

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Stars and Stripes
23 May 2013
Discrimination & the law

Bahrainis with incurable illness will need court nod to wed

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Arabian Business News
16 May 2013
Discrimination & the law

HIV-Positive Patient Wins Suit Over Doc’s “Unreasonable Fear”

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Lawyers.com
30 April 2013
HIV & criminal law

Swiss Federal Supreme Court rules that criminal HIV exposure or transmission is no longer necessarily a serious assault

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HIV Justice Network
5 April 2013
HIV & criminal law

Kansas: Protection from quarantine for HIV, AIDS patients is discriminatory, state senator says

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Lawrence Journal-World
4 April 2013
Discrimination & the law

UK: Disability hate crime is 'overlooked and under-reported'

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BBC
21 March 2013
Social & legal issues

Commonwealth Charter: What is the Queen signing today?

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International HIV/AIDS Alliance
12 March 2013
Experiences of stigma

HIV positive jobseeker 'humiliated' by Kent job centre staff

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BBC News
20 February 2013
Experiences of stigma

HIV man loses restaurant loan 'for own protection'

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The Local.de
15 February 2013
Discrimination & the law

Justice Department Settles Three HIV Discrimination Cases

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AIDS.gov blog
15 February 2013
HIV & criminal law

President’s AIDS council calls on feds and states to repeal HIV criminalization laws

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The Raw Story
12 February 2013
Pregnancy and vertical transmission

Uganda: Men Urged to Engage in HIV Fight

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New Vision
29 January 2013
Health services & systems

US: Suit claims health insurer discriminates against HIV/AIDS patients

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Thomson Reuters News & Insight
16 January 2013
Discrimination & the law

China’s mandate to hospitals reveals persistent discrimination against HIV/AIDS patients

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Health and Human Rights
9 January 2013
Employment

Outrage at Guangdong plan to ban teachers with HIV and STDs

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South China Morning Post
8 January 2013
Discrimination & the law

Israeli physicians could get green light to deny HIV treatment

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Haaretz
8 January 2013
Prisoners

Alabama to End Isolation of Inmates With HIV

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New York Times
3 January 2013
Discrimination & the law

The Eurasian Coalition on Male Health urges the governments of Eastern Europe and Central Asia to stop the adoption of laws prohibiting `homosexual propaganda`

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EATG
12 December 2012
Employment

Qatar making progress fighting AIDS 'taboo'

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Al Jazeera
7 December 2012
Discrimination & the law

NYC Realtors Guilty of Discriminating Against People With AIDS

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Poz magazine news
6 December 2012
Discrimination & the law

HIV-positive Koreans worry about being shut out of employment

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The Hankyoreh
30 November 2012