Laws should protect not harm

Luisa Cabal
ONUSIDA

More than 65 countries criminalize same-sex sexual relations, including at least eight that impose the death penalty. Globally, gay men and other men who have sex with men are around 28 times more likely to acquire HIV than the general population and are much less likely to access HIV services. ...

Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos: Confidencialidad y VIH/ Sida en Adolescentes Chilenos

Lidia Casas Becerra, Ester Valenzuela Rivera

Los adolescentes enfrentan obstáculos culturales e institucionales al momento de concurrir a los servicios de salud en busca de atención en salud sexual y reproductiva. Los jóvenes que se autoperciben de riesgo en VIH/SIDA experimentan discriminación por consideraciones socioeconómicas, y se vulnera ...

Learning from the Past: Confronting Legal, Social, and Structural Barriers to the HIV Response

Luisa Cabal, Patrick Eba
2017

Tensions and Exclusions: the Knotty Policy Encounter Between Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and HIV

Aziza Ahmed, Luisa Cabal, Susana T. Fried
2019

Advancing Rights for Women: The Role of Litigation

Luisa Cabal
2006

Litigation is becoming an increasingly attractive advocacy tool for human rights movements around the world. It has served as an effective strategy not only for reforming or enforcing laws that deny or protect basic human rights, but also for raising awareness of and mobilizing support for human ...

Using Litigation to Address Gender Violations in the HIV/AIDS Context

Luisa Cabal, Pardiss Kebriaei
2006

Laws Should Protect Not Harm by Luisa Cabal

Luisa Cabal
2019 | UNAIDS

More than 65 countries criminalize same-sex sexual relations, including at least eight that impose the death penalty. Globally, gay men and other men who have sex with men are around 28 times more likely to acquire HIV than the general population and are much less likely to access HIV services. ...

Defending Human Rights During a the Covid-19 Pandemic (with Luisa Cabal, UNAIDS)

Luisa Cabal
2020 | Oxford Human Rights Hub

In this episode, we discuss the intersection between the responses to public health crisis and human rights with Luisa Cabal, Acting Director of the Community Support, Social Justice, and Inclusion at UNAIDS. UNAIDS recently published a guidance paper of lessons learned from other pandemics, such as ...

El ejercicio de derechos de poblaciones claves en el contexto de la epidemia de VIH en el Perú: Barreras y propuestas desde la perspectiva de expertos y sociedad civil.

Marcela Huaita Alegre
2019 | ONUSIDA

Balance sobre normatividad y políticas públicas a favor del acceso de adolescentes a servicios de prevención y atención integral en SSR/ VIH/SIDA

Marcela Huaita Alegre, C. S. Vila, C. N., ed. Hidalgo, A. M., ed. Quintana
2009 | UNFPA

Los albores de la justiciabilidad del derecho a la salud en México: El caso Pabellón 13

Francisca Pou Giménez
2019 | Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas - UNAM

Los casos de militares con VIH: el impacto del conocimiento médico en el análisis constitucional sobre discriminación

Francisca Pou Giménez

La Suprema Corte de México resolvió en 2007 varios amparos relativos a militares expulsados de las Fuerzas Armadas por ser portadores de VIH. La autora identifica las principales cuestiones bajo discusión y los argumentos centrales de la Corte y enfatiza tres razones por las cuales estos amparos ...