Summary: At its 19th session (Geneva, 21
September – 9 October 1998) the
Committee on the Rights of the Child
devoted a Day of General Discussion
(5 October 1998) on "Children living
in a World with HIV/AIDS". Here are
the submitted documents for the Day
of General Discussion on " Children
living in a World with HIV/AIDS”
At its 19th session (Geneva, 21 September – 9 October 1998) the
Committee on the Rights of the Child devoted a Day of General
Discussion (5 October 1998) on "Children living in a World with
HIV/AIDS". As for previous thematic discussions, the Committee
invited representatives of United Nations organs, competent
bodies and specialized agencies, including non-governmental
organizations, research and academic organizations and
individual experts, to contribute to the discussion. Here you will
find a list of these contributions.
This report is adapted from Annex VI, List of background papers,
documents and contributions submitted for the general
discussion on “the rights of children living in a world with
HIV/AIDS”, held on 5 October 1998, in "Report on the nineteenth
session" CRC/C/80. The report and general recommendations, as
well as introduction, agenda, suggested guide, can be read in full
on the website of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human
Rights.
1. By members of the Committee on the Rights of the Child
1.1 Introductory statement by Mrs. Nafsiah Mboi, Rapporteur,
Committee on the Rights of the Child
1.2.General discussion on “Children living in a world with AIDS”
Outline of the Committee on the Rights of the Child
2. By the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
2.1. Statement of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
2.2. HIV/AIDS and Human Rights: International Guidelines
OHCHR and UNAIDS, Geneva, 2325 September 1996
3. By the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
3.1. Statement by Mr. Peter Piot, Executive Director, UNAIDS,
October 1998
3.2. Children confronting HIV/AIDS: charting the confluence of
rights and health UNAIDS,1998
3.3. Nondiscrimination as a human rights and public health
strategy UNAIDS, 1998
3.4. Prevention as a public health and human rights strategy
UNAIDS, 1998
4. Rapport sur l'epidémie mondiale de VIH/SIDA, WHO, UNAIDS,
June 1998
4.1. Integrating HIV/STD prevention in the school setting: a
position paper UNAIDS, August 1997
4.2. HIV and infant feeding: a policy statement UNAIDS, WHO
and UNICEF, May 1997
4.3. Learning and teaching about AIDS at school UNAIDS,
October 19974
4.4. Mothertochild transmission of HIV UNAIDS, November 1997
5. By the World Health Organization
5.1. HIV and infant feeding: guidelines for decisionmakers
WHO, UNAIDS andUNICEF, June 1998
6. By the United Nations Children's Fund
6.1. Working paper: Care and protection of children and young
people affected by HIV/AIDS UNICEF, New York
6.2. New challenges, new choices CDROM on HIV/AIDS by
UNICEF, New York
7. By the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
7.1. Rural children living in farm systems affected by HIV/AIDS
Jacques du Guerny, FAO, Rome
8. By the International Labour Office
8.1. The sex sector: the economic and social bases of prostitution
in SouthEast Asia Lin Lean Lim, ILO, Geneva 1998
8.2. Fighting against prostitution of children and other forms of
child labour: from community action to the provisional plan in the
north of Thailand IPEC, September 1998
8.3. Questionnaire on projects/activities on trafficking in women
and children in the ESCAP Region IPEC, February 1998
9. By the United Nations Development Programme
9.1. The impact of HIV/AIDS on children, families and communities:
risks and realities of childhood during the HIV epidemic (Issues
paper 30) UNDP, New- York, 1998
10. By the International Federation of Red Cross and Red
Crescent Societies
10.1. Preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS among children and
adolescents International Federation of Red Cross and Red
Crescent Societies, Geneva
11. By nongovernmental organizations, research institutions and
individual experts
11.1. Children confronting HIV/AIDS: charting the confluence of
rights and health DanielTarantola and Sofia Gruskin, in Health
and Human Rights, vol. 1, No. 1, 1998, FrançoisXavier Bagnoud
Centre for Health and Human Rights, Harvard School of Public
Health
11.2. Children living in a world with AIDS: submission based on
Uganda's experience Musisi Geoffrey, Association François
Xavier Bagnoud, Luweero, Uganda
11.3. Summary report on the Consultation Workshop on Child
Labour and HIV/AIDS Dr.Dusit Duangsa, Chiangmai University, 28
January 1998
11.4. NGO programmes and projects on child sexual abuse and
exploitation and HIV/AIDS Focal Point on Sexual Exploitation of
Children, Geneva
11.5. Issues of concern William Duncan, Hague Conference on
Private International Law, The Hague, 1 September 1998
11.6. Working with children affected by AIDS: World Vision
Uganda experience Jane Mijumbi, World Vision Uganda, 1998
11.7. HIV/AIDS and the nutrition rights of infants George Kent,
University of Hawai'i, 7 September 1998
11.8. Forum for culture and human development submission,
Bangladesh
11.9. Health and Adolescent Refugees Project (HARP):
Information Sheet No. 1 World Association of Girl Guides and Girl
Scouts
11.10. Report of the work of Casa Alianza's Luna project Ann
Louise Birch, Casa Alianza
11.11. HIV prevention, children's rights and homosexual youth
Defence for Children InternationalIsrael
11.12. HIV/AIDS prevention, care and discrimination: the barriers
to putting children and young people on the agenda Lyn Elliot,
Save the Children International Alliance, September 1998
11.13. Community mobilization to address the impacts of AIDS: a
review of the COPE II programme in Malawi Jill Donahue and
John Williamson, 1730 January 1998
11.14. Coping with crisis: mobilizing community response to the
impacts of AIDS in Malawi Save the Children (USA)
11.15. NGO summary of the International Guidelines on HIV/AIDS
and Human Rights International Council of AIDS Service
Organizations (ICASO)