Presentations in this session:

16:30 THAE0301	Topic overview Ralf Jürgens, Canada
16:40 THAE0302 Abstract	The now more than ever declaration: defining and taking action on AIDS and human rights Presented by Jonathan Cohen, United States R. Jurgens1, J. Cohen2 1Consultant, Milles-Isles, Canada, 2Open Society Institute, Public Health Program - Law and Health Initiative, New York, United States
16:55 THAE0303 Abstract	Human rights and HIV/AIDS: legislation, policy and practise in five Central American countries Presented by Diego Postigo Otero, Panama G. Verdejo1, M.D. Pérez-Rosales2, J. Vásquez3, M. Maddaleno4, D. Postigo Otero1 1Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization, Representation in Panama, Panama, Panama, 2Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization, HIV/AIDS Unit, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, 3Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization, Human Rights Unit, Washington, United States, 4Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization, Adolescent Health Unit, Washington, United States
17:10 THAE0304 Abstract	Sex workers´ experience of police raids and violence in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia (CEE/CA): implications for HIV transmission Presented by Anna-Louise Crago, Hungary A.-L. Crago1, A. Rakhmetova1, M. Karadafov2, S. Islamova3, I. Maslova4, Sex Workers' Advocacy Network of Central Eastern Europe and Central Asia (SWAN) 1Sex Workers' Advocacy Network of CEE/CA, Budapest, Hungary, 2HOPS and STAR, Skopje, Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of, 3Tais Plus, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 4Humanitarian Action and Club Silver Rose, Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation
17:25 THAE0305 Abstract	HIV disclosure laws within a criminalized sex industry: the failure of prevention strategies and policy to protect the basic human rights of sex workers Presented by Kate Shannon, Canada M. Montaner1, K. Pacey1, L. Pelltier2, M. Tyndall3, K. Shannon3 1Pivot Legal Society, Vancouver, Canada, 2Maka Project, Sex Workers United Against Violence (SWUAV), Vancouver, Canada, 3Maka Project, British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
17:40 THAE0306 Abstract	Rape, sexual assault, domestic violence and HIV: promoting women's rights through legislation Presented by Richard Pearshouse, Canada R. Pearshouse, R. Elliott, J. Csete, A. Klein, A. Symington, S. Chu Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, Toronto, Canada