Good Practice Guide: HIV and Human Rights

This Good Practice Guide discusses the rationale, principles, and elements of human rights-based HIV programming. It was produced to assist those working on HIV/AIDS and related issues to integrate human rights through all stages of the programming cycle, from design, development, and implementation through to monitoring and evaluation. It is designed to provide practical guidance and planning tools to work towards the goal of "protecting and promoting human rights in the context of HIV, and for creating change at individual, community, service provision and law, and policy levels."
The guide was developed by the International HIV/AIDS Alliance (the Alliance) and the AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (ARASA) and draws on the experiences of both organisations in Africa and globally. It includes programmatic examples of how to address human rights in a way that includes affected populations, builds capacity, responds to the inequalities underlying HIV and AIDS and promotes universal access to HIV-related health services. It also includes reference to further information and resources.
According to the publication, the guide is for HIV programme practitioners working in community settings, particularly those with skills and experience in community-based HIV programming but who may have limited experience of integrating human rights into their programmes. It therefore is intended to build on the existing skills, resources, capacity, and networks to strengthen human rights-based HIV programming. This includes community-based organisations, other civil society organisations, key population networks, and others working in HIV or other health areas who would like to strengthen their human rights-based approaches.
The guide consists of the following chapters:

• Chapter 1: HIV and human rights
• Chapter 2: What is a human rights-based response to HIV?
• Chapter 3: Human rights-based HIV programmes and interventions
• Chapter 4: The HIV and human rights programme cycle
• Chapter 5: Monitoring and evaluation of HIV and human rights programmes
• Chapter 6: Last thoughts