Launch of 'HIV and the Law: Risks, Rights & Health'

9 July, 2012 in New York, USA - Media Coverage  

Top-Tier Media (32)

• BBC World Service: Focus on Africa segment on the Global Commission on HIV and the Law report, including interview with Festus Mogae (9 July)
• Agence France-Presse: Laws that criminalize gays 'hurt HIV treatment'(9 July)
  • Picked up by: The Manila Times (Philippines), ABS-CBNnews.com (Philippines), GMA News (Philippines), The Times Live (South Africa), The New Age (South Africa), Independent Online (South Africa), Romandie.com (Switzerland), Strait Times (Singapore), France 24 (France), Yahoo! News, Analita.com (Venezuela), El Universal (Colombia), El Universo (Ecuador) (9 July)
  • Picked up by: Naharnet (Lebanon), The Sowetan (South Africa), Health24 (South Africa), Observador Global (Argentina) (10 July)
• Reuters’ TrustLaw: Punitive laws, customs obstruct global fights against HIV/AIDS –report 
  • Picked up by: UN Dispatch, Development and Aid Workers News Service
• Radio New Zealand (New Zealand): Migrant policy contributing to spread of HIV, segment during the morning report that included an interview with Charles Chauvel (9 July)
• Foreign Policy Passport Blog (US): Where transmitting HIV is a crime (9 July)
• Toronto Star (Canada): Nondisclosure of HIV status should be decriminalized: report(9 July)
  • Picked up by: Hamilton Spectator (Canada)
• UN Dispatch: Libya; HIV/AIDS Report; Sudan; Syria; Philippines (9 July)
• British Medical Journal (UK): Legal changes are crucial to fight HIV, says new report (9 July)
• IRIN PlusNews: HIV/AIDS: Bad laws damage HIV response(10 July)
  • Picked up by: Gant Daily (US)
• Globe and Mail (Canada): Editorial: A sobering defence of the HIV-afflicted (10 July)
• Radio New Zealand International (New Zealand): UN Global Commission HIV and Law slams proposed laws in Samoa (July 12)
• Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Decriminalisation integral to the fight against HIV - The Drum Opinion (July 12)
• Voice of America: UN Report on HIV/AIDS Calls for Legal Overhaul (July 12)
Bangkok Post (Thailand): Editorial: UN Solution to Aids muddled (31 July)
• Reply by Jon Ungphakorn:Thailand fails on Aidsand by President Cardoso:Punitive laws fuel Aids
• Radio Australia: Bad laws affecting the global response to HIV/AIDS (13 July)

Brazil Media (17)

• Estado de São Paulo: Leis nacionais dificultam combate à aids, diz relatório das Nações Unidas[National laws hinder the fight against AIDS], says UN report (9 July)
  • Picked up by: primeiraedicao, Forum Realidade, D24am
• Estado de São Paulo: 'É difícil imaginar que a defesa da dignidade e da saúde desrespeite valores', diz FHC[“It is difficult to imagine that the defense of dignity and health is in conflict with our values,” says Cardoso] (9 July)
  • Picked up by: Forum Realidade
• Estado de São Paulo: Legislação sobre patentes prejudica combate à aids[Patent legislation undermines the fight against AIDS] (9 July)
  • Picked up by: G1 Globo, Veja, Mais Comunidade, Diario Do Grande ABC, Agencia de Noticias da AIDS 
• Folha de São Paulo: Relatório mostra que criminalizar Aids dificulta tratamento da doença[Report shows that criminalizing AIDS complicates treatment]  (9 July)
  • Picked up by: Iberoa Erica
• G1/Globo: Comissão apoiada pela ONU diz que leis ruins prejudicam combate à Aids [UN-backed commission says bad laws hurt the fight against AIDS] (9 July)
• Sidney Rezende (SRZD): Leis dificultam controle da Aids no mundo, aponta estudo [Laws hinder control of AIDS worldwide, study finds] (9 July)
• Jornal Opcao: Leis nacionais dificultam controle da Aids [Laws hinder national AIDS control] (9 July)
• Vermelho: Relatório que avalia combate a Aids e a lei será lançado hoje [Report that evaluates fighting AIDS and the law will be launched today] (9 July)

Global South Media (9)

• Adital (Latin America): Informe ‘La Comisión Global del VIH y la Ley’ será lanzado el próximo 9 [Report 'The Global Commission on HIV and the Law' is released on 9] (July 6)
• Capital Radio Kampala (Uganda): Segments on the report, including interview with Sylvia Tamale (9 July and 10 July)
• The Citizen (Tanzania): Report: Laws impeding HIV war (10 July)
• La Razon (Bolivia): ONU alerta sobre leyes que entorpecen respuesta global al SIDA[UN warns of laws that hinder global response to AIDS] (10 July)
  • Picked up by: Anodis(Mexico), El Mercurio Digital (Spain)
• The Hindu (India): Not positive enough for people (12 July)
• Beijing Review (China): HIV与法律全球委员会发布调查报告 [Global Commission on HIV and the Law published a survey report] (12 July)
• La Nouvelle Tribune (Morocco): VIH/SIDA : Certaines lois entravent le lutte contre le fléau [HIV/AIDS: Certain laws hinder the fight against the epidemic] (12 July)

Cardoso/Clark Op-Ed (1)

• O Globo (Brazil): Op-Ed: Epidemia de leis arcaicas e insensíveis [Epidemic of archaic and insensitive laws] (12 July)
• The Nation (Thailand): A new prescription for Aids (15 August)

 African Op-ed Campaign (7) 

• Op-Ed: AIDS response must be guided by human rights and justice (9 July)
  • Published by: Health-e News(South Africa) (9 July)
    • Picked up by: All Africa, Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, News Medical
  • Published by: The Independent (Uganda) (11 July)
  • Published by: The Daily Graphic (Ghana), The Observer (Uganda) (12 July)

Additional Media (17)

• NZ City/Newstalk ZB (New Zealand): Kiwi MP has hand in global report (9 July)
• GayNZ.com (New Zealand): End to AIDS epidemic "within grasp", report finds (9 July)
• Medical Daily (US): Bad Laws Are to Blame for Holding Back Global HIV/AIDS Response According to High-level Commission (9 July)
• Medical News Today (US): Global AIDS Response Undermined By Punitive Laws And Human Rights Abuses (9 July)
• AIDSMEDS.com (US): Punitive Laws, Human Rights Abuses Threaten HIV Progress (9 July)
• Intellectual Property Watch (US): “Landmark” Global Commission On HIV And Law Report Tough On IP System (9 July)
• Canoe.ca (Canada): Criminaliser les gais entrave la lutte contre le sida [Criminalizing gays hinders the fights against AIDS] (9 July)
• Talk Radio 640 (Canada): Segment on the report on the Arlene Bynon show (9 July)
• CBC Metro Morning (Canada): Segment on the report (10 July)
• CBC Ontario Morning (Canada): Segment on the report (10 July)
• Medical Daily (US): Bad Laws Are to Blame for Holding Back Global HIV/AIDS Response According to High-level Commission (9 July)
• PinkNews (UK): HIV treatment ‘hindered by anti-gay laws’ (9 July)
• Pravda.ru (Russia): HIV/AIDS: Punitive laws are costing lives (10 July)
• Gay Star News (UK): Anti-gay laws obstruct fight against HIV, UN body says (10 July)
• ReliefWeb: HIV and the Law: Risks, Rights and Health (10 July)
• Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report (US): Punitive Laws, Human Rights Violations Inhibiting Global AIDS Response, Global Commission On HIV And Law Report Says (10 July)
• RadioLIVE (New Zealand): PM defends HIV law condemned by UN (11 July)

Blogs (5)

• PSI Healthy Lives: Healthy Dose: Botswana Struggles with High HIV Rate Among Teens (9 July)
• Somatosphere: Release of Report on “HIV and the Law” (10 July)
• RH Reality Check: Global Commission on HIV and the Law Recommends End to Laws Against Sex Workers (11 July)
• ThinkProgress: The Torturer’s Fist Or The Healer’s Hand? New Report Assesses HIV And The Law (11 July)
• Open Society Foundations Voices: Decriminalization of Drugs as HIV Prevention (11 July)
• Human Rights and HIV/AIDS: Now More than Ever: Michel Sidibé: Why human rights must occupy the centre of the global AIDS response (25 July)
• Human Rights and HIV/AIDS: Now More than Ever: David Scamell: Bad Laws Hindering the Global Response to HIV (24 July)
• The Huffington Post: A Legal Remedy? (July 24)

Press Release Pick-Up (9)

• Global Commission on HIV and the Law Press Release 
  • Picked up by: ScienceBlog, All Africa, Science Codex, Medical Xpress, Infection Control Today, SAfAIDS.net (9 July)
  • Picked up by: News Medical, The Jet (Fiji), Scoop (New Zealand) (10 July)

Social Media

• Outreach through Twitter has resulted in 1,747 tweets that have reached 1,529,497 Twitter users. 
• The hashtag #HIVlaws has been used 1,427 times and 829 accounts have tweeted about the report and/or Commission. 
• The Facebook Commission page has been liked 956 times. The Report release announcement has been shared 169 times and has been liked by 92 people. 

Civil Society Organizations

• Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network (Canada) issued a press release(9 July)
  • Picked up by: rattle.ca
• MSMGF (Global) issued a press release(9 July)
  • Picked up by: MarketWatch, PR Newswire, US Politics Today, Sacramento Bee, PharmaLive  
• India HIV/AIDS Alliance (India) published a blog post (9 July)
• HIV Justice Network published a blog post on the Criminal HIV Transmission blog (9 July)
• Act Up Paris (France) published a blog post on Mediapart focusing on sex workers (10 July)
• European AIDS Treatment Group (Europe) re-printed the Intellectual Property Watch story (10 July)
• The International HIV/AIDS Alliance issued a supporting statement (11 July)
• The Kenya Legal and Ethical Issues Network on HIV & AIDS (KELIN) published a blog post (11 July) 

UN Communications (9)

• UN News Centre: L'ONU dénonce les entraves à la réponse mondiale au SIDA[The UN denounces obstacles to global AIDS response] (9 July)
  • Picked up by : JOL Press (France), Enlignetoi.com (Canada), NewsPress (France), Tolerance.ca (Canada)
• UN News Centre: UN-backed commission finds that punitive laws stifling global AIDS response (9 July)
• UNAIDS: Global Commission on Law urges countries to make the law work for HIV, not against it (11 July)
• In Philippines, the UNDP Country Office & the Commission on Human Rights convened a national dialogue  on HIV and human rights. http://www.undp.org.ph/?link=21&id=154&act=press_release_listing (6 July) 
• In Moldova, the UNDP Country Office convened a national dialogue on HIV and the Law that included government, civil society and international experts. http://www.undp.md/presscentre/2012/HIV_13July/index.shtml (13 July)