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Australia/Pacific Islands
                                 
Regional

    Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters|
 
  HIV/AIDS, law, ethics and human rights in the pacific countries
 CS Lakshman
 (15IAC)
 Abstract
 
United Nations recommendations on integrating human rights into HIV/AIDS
responses in Asia-Pacific
Regional Representative,Asia-Pacific Regional Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights, Bangkok, Thailand
(15IAC)
 Abstract

Australia

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  FULL-TEXT PAPER
Health, human rights and Australia's foreign policies.
Reid EA.
Med J Aust. 2004 Feb 16;180(4):163-5
 Paper
 
New Guinea

     Internet Documents
 
  FULL-TEXT DOCUMENT
 Ongoing Impunity for Police Beatings, Rape, and Torture in Papua New Guinea
Human Rights Watch
October 2006 Volume 18, No. 13
Report

Philippines

    Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 

  Gender, human rights and ethical aspects of HIV/AIDS prevention in the Philippines
revisited
JGT Tayag
 (15IAC)
 Abstract
 
APN+ Human Rights Initiative – Documentation of AIDS-related discrimination in four
Asian countries
S Paxton, G Gonzales
 (15IAC)
Abstract
Europe
                                

Regional/Multinational                 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Integrating health law and health policy: a European perspective.
Legemaate J.
Health Policy 2002 May;60(2):101-10
Abstract		  

     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

  Injecting reason: prison syringe exchange and the European convention
on human rights
Lines R.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

Kosovo

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  A population-based assessment of human rights abuses committed against ethnic
Albanian refugees from Kosovo.
Iacopino V, Frank MW, Bauer HM. et al.
Am J Public Health 2001 Dec;91(12):2013-8
 Abstract		  

Switzerland

     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

  State obligations to respect, protect and fulfill human rights in case of HIV/AIDS
Caplazi A., Pärli K., Suter C
(XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
 
United Kingdom
 
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Health, human rights, and the conduct of clinical research within oppressed populations.
Mills EJ, Singh S. 
Global Health. 2007 Nov 8;3(1):10
Abstract
Middle East
       

Iraq

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Physician participation in human rights abuses in southern Iraq.
Reis C, Ahmed AT, Amowitz LL, 
JAMA. 2004 Mar 24;291(12):1480-6.
Abstract

     Internet Documents

 
FULL-TEXT REPORT/LETTER
Open Detention Facilities to Stop Torture
 Human Rights Watch May 06, 2004
 News Report

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 U.S. Prisoner Abuse Sparks Concerns Over War Crimes
Human Rights Watch April 30
 News Report
 
Saudi Arabia

     Internet Documents
 
  FULL-TEXT DOCUMENT
Saudi Arabia: Mentally Ill Prisoner Put in Solitary
 Human Rights Watch  February 02. 2007
 News Report
 
North America
          

Canada

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  FULL-TEXT PAPER
 Nailing health planks into the foreign policy platform: the Canadian experience.
Labonte R.
Med J Aust. 2004 Feb 16;180(4):159-62.
 Abstract 

    Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

 
Strengthening the foundation: using a human rights based approach to reduce stigma and
discrimination in Aboriginal community
Jakubec D.E., Woloshyniuk J.-A.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
Abstract
 
Refugee women in Canada: reflections on health, human rights and HIV/AIDS
Elford L.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
Abstract
 
Polygyny and HIV/AIDS: using human rights to challenge harmful practices
Kelly L.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
Abstract
 
HIV testing and short-term entry to Canada: recommendations for human rights-
based reform to immigration policy
Elliott R., Stoltz L., Samson L., et al
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
Abstract
 
Routine testing: Are we ready to throw human rights out of HIV testing policy?
Csete J., Elliott R.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
Abstract
 
Barriers to access to needle and syringe programs in Canada: legal, policy, and human
rights issues
Klein A., Csete J., Pearshouse R., Elliott R.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
Abstract
 
Bridging experiences: sharing a human rights based approach between 2 countries
Meneri R., Dolan L.-A.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
Abstract
 
Human rights are tools! Learn how to use them
Dolan L.-A., Holmes A.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

Legal, ethical and human rights issues in microbicides development and delivery Canada –
strengthening the community response.
A Alexandrova
 (15IAC)
Abstract

Developing coherent policy platforms for human rights advocacy around HIV vaccine
development
M Morgan, MA Torres
 (15IAC)
Abstract

United States

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
HIV Discrimination and the Health of Women Living with HIV.
 Wingood GM, Diclemente RJ, Mikhail I, et al  
Women Health. 2007;46(2/3):99-112.
 Abstract
 
A critical intersection: human rights, public health nursing, and nursing ethics.
Easley CE, Allen CE.  
ANS Adv Nurs Sci. 2007 Oct-Dec;30(4):367-82.
 Abstract
 
Health, human rights, and the conduct of clinical research within oppressed populations.
Mills EJ, Singh S. 
Global Health. 2007 Nov 8;3(1):10
Abstract
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 HIV-Based Persecution in Asylum and Immigration Decisions
Neilson V 
Human Rights Magazine Fall 2004
 Paper

What is the system of care for abused and neglected children in children's institutions?
Tien I, Bauchner H, Reece RM.
Pediatrics 2002 Dec;110(6):1226-31
 Abstract 

Working to improve mental health services: the North Carolina
advocacy effort.
 Foy JM, Earls MF, Horowitz DA.
 Pediatrics 2002 Dec;110(6):1232-7
 Abstract

  

     Internet Documents

  Michigan Preparing To Let Doctors Refuse To Treat Gays
365gay.com  April 21, 2003
News Report
Russia/NIS
                          

Albania

        Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters  
 
  Bridging experiences: sharing a human rights based approach between 2 countries
Meneri R., Dolan L.-A.
(XVI International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

Russia

     Internet Documents

  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Human Rights Abuses and HIV/AIDS in the Russian Federation
 Human Rights Watch April 2004    Vol. 16, No. 5 (D)
Paper

        Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters  

 
Russia: HIV positive women and their children face stigma and
discrimination in violation of their human rights
Bencomo C., Babakian G., Denber R., Whitman L.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

Public service for human rights of PLWHA
Panchenko N.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

Ukraine

     Internet Documents

  FULL-TEXT REPORT
 Rhetoric and Risk: Human Rights Abuses Impeding Ukraine’s Fight Against HIV/AIDS
 Human Rights Watch March 03, 2006
 News Report

    Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

 
Rhetoric and risk: human rights abuses impeding Ukraine’s fight against HIV/AIDS
Schleifer R., Skala P., Lezhentsev K., Amon J
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

Advocating for HIV-positive women's rights to reproductive health care in Ukraine
O Semerik, M Medrek, A Eckman, et al
 (15IAC)
Abstract

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