Legal Assistance Centre-Namibia

PUBLICATIONS - AIDS LAW UNIT (ALU)

Understanding Prisoner Rights was released in 2008. Download PDF

The following PDF documents are downloadable for free.

GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT

Namibian HIV/AIDS Charter of Rights [2000]
This Charter is the product of a consultative process involving government ministries, representatives of commerce and industry, NGOs, AIDS service organisations, trade unions, churches, the medical and nursing profession and people living with HIV/AIDS. It was launched by the Minister of Health and Social Services on 1 December 2000.

RESEARCH REPORTS

Realisation of the Right to Adequate Housing for People Living with HIV/AIDS in Nambia [2007]
People living with HIV/AIDS are faced with a lot of challenges, especially those who are poor due to lack of jobs and other socio-economic factors. One of the main challenges is inadequate housing or shelter.

Human Rights and HIV/AIDS: Now More Than Ever [2007]
25 years into the global AIDS epidemic a promise made by world leaders of "human rights and fundamental freedom for all" remains missing in the fight against AIDS. Learn 10 reasons why, now more than ever, human rights should occupy the centre of the global AIDS struggle.

ARTICLES

Sex in Jails: Fact Not Fiction [2007]

EDUCATION & TRAINING MATERIAL

Understand Prisoners' Rights [2008]
Prisoners are human being and as such they retain their rights even when in prison. This training manual explains that prisoners have the right to human dignity in all circumstances irrespective of the type of crime he committed.

HIV in the Workplace
In this booklet people living with HIV or AIDS can find out how to stand up for their rights at work and how different laws and policies protect people living with HIV or AIDS from discrimination.

Poster 1, Poster 2, Poster 3
As part of the treatment literacy campaign, this won the designers, DV8, a Gecko Award.