Invitation for HIV and Human Rights AT UNGASS

[Guest guest]

Dear Collegues:

On behalf of the ad-hoc Human Rights coalition for the

UN Special Session and on my own behalf, I take

pleasure in inviting you for the upcoming session on

" Applying Human Rights approach to HIV/AIDS " session

which is to be held at the Church Center, 44th Street

and First Avenue, 2nd floor (across the UN building),

on Wednesday, June 27 between 8:00 am till 1:00 pm,

Working Groups to follow.

In light of the increasing interest in the

intersection of human rights and HIV/AIDS, the Ad Hoc

UNGASS Human Rights Working Group is sponsoring a

parallel session. This event will feature a

networking breakfast; an interactive panel discussion;

a SPEAKOUT during which community groups and other

organizations can present what they have been doing in

diverse geographical contexts; and facilitated working

groups in which human rights tools will be shared, and

political strategy will be discussed.

Specific human rights topics to be covered include:

stigma and discrimination; gender; youth; right to

health and access to treatment; and restrictions on

people’s movement. Speakers include Joanne Csete of

Human Rights Watch; Farmer of Harvard University

and Partners in Health; Anand Grover and Vivek Diwan

of the Lawyer’s Collective of India; Harriet Musoke,

Ugandan Women’s Rights Attorney, among others.

Speakout participants include activists, leaders,

service providers and PWAs from around the world.

The gathering is open to all, and is particularly

targeted at those interested in learning more about:

1) the human rights framework and its relevance to the

fight against HIV/AIDS; 2) how to use human rights

advocacy in HIV/AIDS work; and, 3) what organizations

have done to promote a human rights agenda within the

HIV/AIDS context. Our goal is to bring together

individuals and organizations that have been working

on HIV/AIDS from a variety of disciplines, functional

approaches and geographical locations.

BREAKFAST NETWORKING: 8:00AM-9:00AM

PANEL: 9:00AM 10:45AM

SPEAKOUT: 11:00AM-12:30PM

WORKING GROUPS: AFTER 1:00PM

We invite you to stay for the day or come for a few

hours. We also invite you to participate in the

SPEAKOUT and to share materials with the group.

PLEASE RSVP and direct any suggestions or inquiries to

Yassky at 212-875-8229 or yaz_aids@...

or me at <sathyakrishna@...>

Yours in Solidarity

Sathia Krishnamoorthy

Ad-hoc Working Group on Human Rights

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The Ad Hoc UNGASS Human Rights Working Group is

comprised of individuals from various organizations

who want to use UNGASS as an opportunity to bring

together people interested in human rights and

HIV/AIDS. Among the organizations represented are

House, Canadian HIV/AIDS Law Project, Center

for Reproductive Law and Policy, Gay Men’s Health

Crisis, HIPS, International Gay and Lesbian Human

Rights Commission, Schell Center for International

Human Rights at Yale Law School and WAGGS.