Human Rights Protected?: Nine Southern African Country Reports on HIV, AIDS and the LawPULP, 2007 - 425 pages The book covers the following topics: access to health care, privacy, non discrimination, labour rights, womens rights, childrens rights, and prisoners rights. |
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access to health accessed 1 August AIDS Policy Amendment anti-retroviral ARVs Bill Botswana CEDAW cent Centre Child clinics Commission Committee condoms confidentiality Constitution counselling and testing Criminal customary law Development discrimination disease Domestic Violence Draft employees employment ensure Ethical gender HIV and AIDS HIV infection HIV positive HIV status HIV testing human rights treaties implementation informed consent International Guidelines legislation Lesotho Lilongwe living with HIV Lusaka Malawi Medical schemes Ministry of Health Mozambique Namibia National AIDS National HIV National HIV/AIDS Policy National Policy Nevirapine NGOs OHCHR opportunistic infections organisations patients Penal Code person PMTCT Policy on HIV/AIDS prevalence rate prevention prisoners programmes protection public health rape Ratification status regulation response SADC sector sex workers sexually transmitted infections South Africa stigma Strategic Plan Swaziland treatment Treatment Action Campaign UNAIDS women workplace Zambia Zimbabwe
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Page 61 - Subject to the provisions of subsections (4), (5) and (7) of this section, no law shall make any provision that is discriminatory either of itself or in its effect. (2) Subject to the provisions of subsections (6), (7) and (8) of this section, no person shall be treated in a discriminatory manner by any person acting by virtue of any written law or in the performance of the functions of any public office or any public authority. (8) In this section, the expression "discriminatory...
Page 243 - The state may not unfairly discriminate directly or indirectly against anyone on one or more grounds, including race, gender, sex, pregnancy, marital status, ethnic or social origin, colour, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, conscience, belief, culture, language and birth.
Page 101 - Fair wages and equal remuneration for work of equal value without distinction of any kind, in particular women being guaranteed conditions of work not inferior to those enjoyed by men, with equal pay for equal work...
Page 362 - No person shall be deprived of his life intentionally save in execution of the sentence of a court in respect of a criminal offence of which he has been convicted.
Page 291 - Subject to the provisions of subsection (7) of this section, if any person alleges that any of the provisions of sections 1 1 to 24 (inclusive) of this Constitution has been, is being or is likely to be contravened in relation to him, then, without prejudice to any other action with respect to the same matter which is lawfully available, that person may apply to the High Court for redress.
Page 29 - Whoever unlawfully or negligently does any act which is, and which he knows or has reason to believe to be, likely to spread the infection of any disease dangerous to life, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine, or with both.
Page 24 - Whereas every person in Swaziland is entitled to the fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual, that is to say, the right , whatever his race, tribe . place of. origin, political opinions . colour , creed, or sex...
Page 247 - A provision of the Bill of Rights binds a natural or a juristic person if, and to the extent that, it is applicable, taking into account the nature of the right and the nature of any duty imposed by the right.
Page 362 - Chapter shall have effect for the purpose of affording protection to those rights and freedoms subject to such limitations of that protection as are contained in those provisions, being limitations designed to ensure that the enjoyment of the said rights and freedoms by any individual does not prejudice the rights and freedoms of others or the public interest.
Page 171 - Article 10 Equality and Freedom from Discrimination (1 ) All persons shall be equal before the law. (2) No persons may be discriminated against on the grounds of sex, race, colour, ethnic origin, religion, creed or social or economic status.