The Regional Dialogue will take place on 14-15 April 2011 in the Caribbean region. In addition to giving voice to regional and country perspectives on issues of HIV and the law, the dialogue aims to contribute to regional efforts for creating enabling legal environments which support effective HIV responses.

The Commission seeks submissions from people who have worked or presently work in the Caribbean on the following issues:

(1) Laws and practices that effectively criminalise people living with HIV and vulnerable to HIV;

(2) Laws and practices that mitigate or sustain violence and discrimination as lived by women;

(3) Laws and practices that facilitate or impede HIV-related treatment access; and

(4) Issues of law and HIV pertaining to children.

Countries covered by this Call

You are invited to make a submission if you work on HIV, human rights and law issues in the following Caribbean countries or on these issues in relation to the following countries: Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Surinam, Trinidad and Tobago.

In order to ensure that the Regional Dialogues can be conducted with minimal language barriers, Spanish-speaking countries in the Caribbean including Cuba and the Dominican Republic shall be included in a Regional Dialogue for Latin America, which will be held later this year. Instructions on how to submit can be found in the Call for Submissions.

How to Submit

Instructions on how to submit can be found in the Call for Submissions.

To learn more about the Commission, go to: www.hivlawcommission.org

Watch the NGO Delegation’s website for announcements on future planned Regional Dialogues. Read our post about the upcoming Asia-Pacific dialogue.

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About the Global Commission on HIV and the Law

The Global Commission on HIV and the Law was formally launched in June 2010 by UNDP on behalf of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS. The Commission is charged with developing actionable and evidence-informed recommendations for effective HIV responses that respect the human rights of people living with HIV and those most vulnerable to it. The Commission will focus on some of the most challenging legal and human rights issues in the context of HIV as enumerated above.