Report of the Secretary General on the protection of human rights in the context of HIV and AID

In its resolution 2005/84, the former Commission on Human Rights expressed its concern with the increasing number of people living with HIV, in particular the situation of women, girls, children in general and groups vulnerable to infection and vulnerable to discrimination. The Commission invited States, United Nations organs, programmes and specialized agencies and international and non-governmental organizations to continue to take all necessary steps to ensure the respect, protection and fulfillment of HIV/AIDS-related human rights, as contained in the International Guidelines on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights. To this end, the Commission requested the Secretary-General to solicit comments from Governments, United Nations organs, programmes and specialized agencies and international and non‑governmental organizations on the steps they have taken to promote and implement, where applicable, programmes to address the urgent HIV-related human rights of women, children and vulnerable groups in the context of prevention, care and access to treatment as described in the International Guidelines.

This report (A/HRC/10/47) was submitted to the Human Rights Council at its tenth session in accordance with Human Rights Council decision 2/102.

21 Governments, 9 international organizations and 8 non-governmental organizations provided input to this report. The full texts of replies are available at the secretariat for consultation.

The previous report (A/HRC/4/110) was submitted to the Human Rights Council at its fourth session. Further information can be found here.