HIV testing from an African Human Rights System perspective : an analysis of the legal and policy framework of Botswana, Ethiopia and Uganda

• Main Author: Tadesse, Mizanie Abate
• Other Authors: Sloth-Nielsen, Julia
• Format: Others
• Language: en
• Published: University of Pretoria 2008
• Subjects: UCTD; HIV testing legislation Botswana; HIV testing legislation Ethiopia; HIV testing legislation Uganda; HIV/AIDS; African human rights; Voluntary counseling and testing; AIDS (Disease) > Law and legislation
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2263/5853; Tadesse, MA 2007, HIV testing from an African Human Rights System perspective : an analysis of the legal and policy framework of Botswana, Ethiopia and Uganda, LLM Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/5853>

The main question addressed in this dissertation is: Are the legislation and policies of Ethiopia, Botswana and Uganda providing for various modalities of HIV testing consistent with human rights as enshrined under the African Human Rights system? Critically investigating the African human rights HIV testing instruments as well as the relevant domestic legislation and policies of the three countries. === Thesis (LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa)) -- University of Pretoria, 2007. === A Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Law University of Pretoria, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Masters of Law (LLM in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa). Prepared under the supervision of Professor Julia Sloth-Nielsen of the Faculty of Law, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa. === http://www.chr.up.ac.za/ === Centre for Human Rights === LLM