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Record Nr.

UNINA9910404153003321

Autore

Frans Viljoen

Titolo

Human rights under threat: Four perspectives on HIV, AIDS and the law in Southern Africa

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Pretoria University Law Press (PULP), 2007

Descrizione fisica

1 electronic resource (195 p.)

Disciplina

323.096

Soggetti

Human rights - Africa

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

The book covers the following: legislation criminalising the wilful transmission of HIV; policies aimed at routinely testing individuals attending public health facilities; policies and practices aimed at withholding or denying access to HIV- related treatment and prevention to people living with HIV, particularly men in prisons; and policies, practices and laws that limit access to medicines, in particular the lack of domestication and use of flexibilities allowed for under the World Trade Organisations Agreement on the Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS).