Global Village Human Rights Networking Zone

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Session co-hosted by the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) and LEAHN

Police, rights and HIV

Thursday July 21, 16h30 – 18h00

Police engagement in the HIV response is a critical enabler – so why aren’t police a leading partner in HIV prevention? This interactive session will focus on constructive, human rights and evidence-based programs with police that can be scaled up to end AIDS by 2030.

Link to IDLO LEAHN flyer for police and HIV session

Moderator:

A/Prof Lillian Artz, PhD, Director, Gender, Health & Justice Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Panelists:

Sally-Jean Shackleton, Director, Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Task Force (SWEAT), South Africa –

Wamala Twaibu, Uganda Focal Point, Law Enforcement and HIV Network (LEAHN), Executive Director of the Uganda Harm Reduction Network (UHRN)

Abdelrazek Abul-Ella, Programs Director, Al-Shehab Foundation for Comprehensive Development, Egypt.

Ralf Jurgens, Senior Coordinator, Human Rights, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Switzerland.

The IDLO HIV and Law Program is supported by the Ford Foundation and the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID).

The Human Rights Networking Zone is co-hosted by the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network and the AIDS and Rights Alliance of Southern Africa (ARASA), with support from Open Society Foundations.

DL-policeandpublichealth@idlo.int  – leahn@leahn.org –  www.leahn.org