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A rights-based approach to HIV in the European Union

 

Ahead of the World Aids Conference 2010, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) issued a factsheet A rights-based approach to HIV in the European Union.

 

"Over 2 million people live with HIV in the European Union and its neighbouring countries. The number of diagnosed infections has been increasing. The rights of people living with HIV and those at risk of infection must be central to the response to the epidemic", stressed the Fundamental Rights Agency today.

 

"People living with HIV are confronted with discrimination in employment, healthcare, education and housing. People living with HIV must be legally protected from discrimination (...) In particular, access to healthcare must be guaranteed for everyone, if we want to stop the spread of the epidemic. The Fundamental Rights Agency recommends that HIV testing should be anonymous and free for all", emphasised Morten Kjaerum, Director of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA).

 

A FRA paper on "A rights-based approach to HIV in the European Union" will be published later this year.