From: Mandeep Dhaliwal
Sent: Monday, June 07, 2010 2:11 PM
Subject: UNAIDS and UNDP statement at the Human Right Council on Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health’s report on criminalization
UNAIDS and UNDP issued a short statement (please see attached) in support of the report of the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health. The report is about the relationship between the right to health and criminalization of three forms of private adult consensual sexual behavior: same sex conduct and sexual orientation, sex work and HIV transmission.
To read the report of the Special Rapporteur, click here: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/docs/14session/A.HRC.14.20.pdf
Dr Mandeep Dhaliwal
Cluster Leader: Human Rights, Gender & Sexual Diversities
United Nations Development Programme
HIV/AIDS Practice
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