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Human rights violations fuel AIDS

    JOHANNESBURG

    Amnesty International has warned that human rights violations and inequalities were fuelling the HIV/AIDS pandemic globally.

    The secretary-general of the London-based group, Irene Khan, told the closing plenary session of the 15th International AIDS Conference in Bangkok that protection and promotion of human rights were essential in preventing the spread of HIV and minimising the impact of the disease.

    "Some governments are still looking for a quick fix to HIV; still failing to recognise that human rights violations increase people's vulnerability to infection; and that people living with HIV/AIDS often face grave human rights abuses," Khan said.

    Khan noted that women, homosexuals, injecting drug users, sex workers, disabled people, migrants, refugees and minorities were among the variety of groups targeted by discrimination.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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