Research and Resources on HIV-Specific Restrictions

Publications/Articles

• HIV-specific restrictions on entry and residence in Europe: a source of discrimination and a challenge to demonstrate political leadership
  AIDS 2010 Poster - 2010
   
• HIV-related restrictions on entry, residence and stay in the WHO European Region: a survey
  Journal of the International AIDS Society - 2010
   
• Removal of Mandatory HIV Testing for Migrant Workers
  CARAM Asia - 2008
   
• Bibliography of Resources on HIV-specific entry and residence restrictions
  
  This bibliography was commissioned by the International Task Team on HIV-related Travel Restrictions. It is a based on a desk review of the research and reports available concerning the impact of such restrictions. The first section presents the studies found to focus specifically on the impact of HIV-related restrictions on entry, stay and residence. The second section of the bibliography presents a number of reviews and reports that focus less directly on the subject. The third section presents research that is relevant but more indirectly related to these restrictions. The final section of the bibliography presents some examples of models for addressing these restrictions.
  
  Each section begins with a brief introductory discussion; then, for each reference, lists the subjects covered, the location, the methodology used, and selected key findings. Except in the first section presenting specific studies, the listings are not meant to be exhaustive, but simply to be examples, and points of departure for possible future work in the directions indicated.
   
• Discrimination, Isolation, Denial: Travel Restrictions Against People Living with HIV
  Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance, 2008
   
• Fear of Foreigners: HIV-related restrictions on entry, stay, and residence 
  Joseph J. Amon and Katherine Wiltenburg Todrys, Journal of the International AIDS Society, 16 Dec. 2008
   
• Returned to Risk - Deportation of HIV-Positive Migrants
   
• Mobility, Sexuality and AIDS
  Felicity Thomas, Mary Haour-Knipe, Peter Aggleton
   
• IAS Policy Paper HIV-specific Travel and Residence Restrictions

Press Releases

• October 30, 2009
  Human Rights Watch, US: Obama Announces End to HIV Travel Ban
   
• September 23, 2009
  Human Rights Watch, Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe, the European AIDS Treatment Group, and the African HIV Policy Network, Deporting HIV-Positive Migrants Threatens Lives, Global Goals
   
• June 18, 2009
  Human Rights Watch, HIV-Positive Migrants Face Deadly Barriers

Letters

• Human Rights Watch, Letter to the National Human Rights Commission of Korea, June 19, 2009
   
• Human Rights Watch, Slow Movement: Protection of Migrants' Rights in 2009, December 2009