AIDS 2010: Rights Here, Right Now
18th International AIDS Conference
AIDS 2010 is the world’s premier gathering devoted to HIV/AIDS. Convened by
the International AIDS Society in partnership with UNODC and UNAIDS, the
conference will draw global attention to the need for continued AIDS invest-
ments to broaden human rights, health and development goals, particularly
among the most at-risk populations, including injecting drug users and prisoners.
Some 25,000 scientists, policymakers, legislators, healthcare professionals, law
enforcement and criminal justice professionals, civil society representatives
and people living with HIV/AIDS will attend AIDS 2010 to review new scientic
knowledge, take stock of progress and chart a way forward in the effort to end the
global pandemic.
AIDS 2010 offers an excellent opportunity for policymakers and officials in
public health, law enforcement and criminal justice to share lessons and
exchange information on how drugs and HIV policy can help contain and stop
the spread of HIV. AIDS 2010 will include sessions on drug-relatedtopics such
as: setting targets for universal access to HIV services for injecting drug users; HIV
needs assessments in prison settings; and HIV prevention among female injecting
drug users. It will also offer extensive networking opportunities.
TheAIDS2010theme,Rights Here, Right Now, underscores the need for concrete human rights measures to protect
those most vulnerable to and most affected by HIV—including women and girls, people who use drugs, prisoners, sex
workers, migrants, men who have sex with men, and transgender persons. Vienna was chosen as the conference site
in part for its proximity to Eastern Europe, the Baltic States and Central Asia, where HIV is spreading rapidly, largely
through injecting drug use.
UNODC: Reducing the Spread of HIV among Injecting Drug Users,
Prisoners and Other Vulnerable Populations
UNODCistheleadagencywithinUNAIDSforHIVprevention,treatment,careandsupportforinjectingdrugusersand
inprisonsettings.UNODCalsohasaspecialmandatetofacilitatethedevelopmentofaUnitedNationsresponsetoHIV
forpeoplevulnerabletohumantrafcking.TogetherwithothermembersoftheUNAIDSfamily,UNODCisworkingto
achieve universal access to the full spectrum of HIV services for these vulnerable populations.
Withover100staffbasedatthecountrylevel,UNODCworksonHIVin55prioritycountriesinAfrica,EasternEurope
and Central Asia, South and South East Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. UNODC helps countries provide
drug users, prisoners and people vulnerable to human trafficking with comprehensive, evidence-informed HIV
services. We do this through:
•Advocacycampaignstoreducestigmatizationanddiscriminationandpromoteadherencetohumanrights;
•Supportfordevelopingeffectivelegislationandpolicies;
•Supportfordevelopingcomprehensive,evidence-basedstrategiesandprogrammes;and
•Building the capacity of national partners—including government agencies, civil society and community
organizations—toensurethatthesemostat-riskgroupsreceiveoptimumHIVservices.
For more information, visit www.unodc.org