Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network and AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa

AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa 

Established in 2002, the AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (ARASA) is a regional partnership of non-governmental organisations working together to promote a human rights approach to HIV/AIDS and TB in Southern Africa through capacity building and advocacy. ARASA partners comprise a diverse mix of more and less well-established organisations including networks of people living with HIV (PLHIV), legal aid organisations, women’s organisations, youth organisations and other AIDS service organisations. The basis of the partnership is solidarity and shared responsibility for advancing social justice in the region, with a focus on the realisation of the right to health. Since its inception in 2003, the partnership has remained the only alliance of organisations that have come together to address human rights responses to issues of HIV and TB in Southern Africa (or indeed elsewhere).

Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network 

The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network (www.aidslaw.ca) promotes the human rights of people living with, at risk of or affected by HIV or AIDS, in Canada and internationally, through research and analysis, litigation and other advocacy, public education and community mobilization.

Le Réseau juridique canadien VIH/sida (www.aidslaw.ca) fait valoir les droits humains des personnes vivant avec le VIH ou le sida et de celles qui sont à risque ou affectées autrement, au Canada et dans le monde, à l’aide de recherches et d’analyses, d’actions en contentieux et d’autres formes de plaidoyer, d’éducation du public et de mobilisation communautaire.