Judicial Colloquium – HIV/AIDS & The Law

Post Date: Monday, August 22, 2016

The book covers the deliberations of the national judicial colloquium on HIV/AIDS held in May 2007 and illustrates how important it is for the judiciary to understand the nature and extent of the difficulties experienced by people affected by HIV. It covers issues concerning the technical aspects of the malady, current state of the epidemic in India, the law nascent and old governing the disease, lessons which can be drawn from the South African experience, mandatory testing, treatment, discrimination, patents and women’s rights. It also contains the approach followed by UNDP with respect to HIV/AIDS.