This page provides links to HIV/AIDS Laws
of the following countries:
Law No. 23798
of 14 September 1990 declaring the fight against AIDS to be of national
interest.
Decree No. 1244/91 of 1 July 1991 promulgating Regulations for the implementation of Law No. 23798.
Resolution
No. 105 of 24 September 1997 approving Regulations on AIDS and Perinatology
AIDS Law 1993,
as amended through 2001
The Employment
Act 2001 (Act No. 27 of 2001).
Among other things, this Act provides that: a) discrimination in employment on the basis of race, creed, sex, marital status, political opinion, age, or HIV/AIDS is prohibited; and b) pre-screening for HIV status is prohibited.
Law of the Republic of
Belarus of 18 June 1993 on public health.
Law of 28 January 2003 on medical examinations in the framework of labor relations.
The Human
Rights Amendment Act 2000 (Act No. 37 of 2000), 24 August 2000.
This Act amends the Human Rights Act 1981
with respect to the following, among other things: a) the definition of
disabled person (now includes persons suffering from HIV or AIDS).
Botswana
National Policy on HIV/AIDS, 17 November 1993.
Law No. 7670 of
8 September 1988 extending specified benefits to AIDS carriers.
Order No. 5/VS
the Ministry of Health of 22 February 2006 [notification of HIV/AIDS].
Exempt Resolution
No. 371 of 2 February 2001.
This Resolution sets rules on HIV testing.
Decree No. 182 of
10 August 2005 [testing].
Certain Regulations
on the Monitoring and Control of AIDS, 14 January 1988.
National Strategic Plan Against AIDS, 2002-2006, 28 February 2002.
National
Strategic Plan to Fight AIDS (2006-2010).
Procedures, Rules, and Directives for the Care of
Persons who Live with HIV, 2005.
Regulations
for the Functioning of Anonymous and Voluntary HIV/AIDS Counseling and Testing
Centers.
Counseling
on STIs, HIV, and AIDS, Directives and Basic Procedures, 2004.
Regulations
of 1 March 1999 on AIDS prevention
HIV Infection
Control and Patient Rights Protection Act, 11 July 2007.
Enforcement
Rules of the AIDS Prevention and Control Act, as amended through 19 April 2006.
Law No. 7771,
General Law on HIV/AIDS of 29 April 1998.
Decree No. 27894-S of 3 June 1999, Regulation to the General Law on HIV/AIDS.
Decree No.
33746 of 29 March 2007 [amends the above Decree].
Law No. 48/AN/994th of 3 July 1999, setting forth the Orientation of Health Policy.
This Law contains provisions on the
prevention of AIDS.
EQUATORIAL
Decree
No. 107/2006 of 20 November 2006.
Decree No.
588 of 24 October 2001, as amended through Decree-Law No. 1016 of 10 October
2002.
This Decree approves the Law on the
prevention of infection caused by human immunodeficiency virus.
Communicable
Diseases Prevention and Control Act, 12 February 2003.
Ghana AIDS
Commission Act, 2002 (Act No. 613), 16 January 2002.
Law
No. 2005/025/AN of 22 November 2005.
Decree
No. 147-99 of 9 September 1999 approving the General Law on HIV/AIDS.
Accord No. 009
of 15 May 2003 [Regulations to Decree No. 149-99].
An Action Plan
for Blood Safety, 2003
National AIDS Prevention and Control Policy, 2003.
Law of the Republic
of Kazakhstan of 5 October 1994 on the prevention of AIDS.
National
Condom Policy and Strategy, September 2001.
HIV
and AIDS Prevention and Control Act, 2006 (Act No. 14 of 2006), 30 December
2006.
Cabinet
Regulation No. 7 of 5 January 1999.
This Regulation sets forth procedures for the registration of infectious diseases, including HIV/AIDS.
Cabinet
regulation No. 628 of 4 November 2003 [restriction of the spread of HIV/AIDS
and treatment].
Guidelines
to Prevent Mother to Child Transmission of HIV, June 2004.
National Strategic Plan to Fight AIDS, 2001-2006,
October 2002.
Law
No. 06-028 of 29 June 2006.
Communicable Diseases Prevention and Control Act
1988.
HIV and AIDS
Act 2006, 3 August 2007.
Official Mexican
Regulation NOM-010-SSA2-1993 on the prevention and control of HIV infection, as
amended through 16 March 2000.
Law
No. 23-XVI of 16 February 2007 on prevention and control of HIV/AIDS.
National Strategy to respond to AIDS, 2003.
Namibian
HIV/AIDS Charter of Rights, 11 December 2000.
Guidelines for implementation of the National Code on HIV/AIDS in employment,
18 March 1998.
Law No. 238 of
14 October 1996, Law on the Promotion, Protection, and Defense of Human Rights
in the Face of AIDS.
Legislative Decree No. 2378 of 20 October 1999
[Regulations to Law No. 238].
Law No. 3 of 5
January 2000 on sexually transmitted diseases, HIV, and AIDS.
Republic
Act No. 8504, Philippines AIDS Prevention and Control Act of 1998, 13 February
1998.
Law No. 3/2007 of 16 January 2007 [needle exchange
for prisoners].
SIERRA LEONE
The Prevention and Control of HIV and AIDS Act,
2007, 15 June 2007.
Infectious
Diseases Act [Part IIIA: Control of AIDS and HIV Infection].
Operational
Plan for Comprehensive HIV and AIDS Care, Management and Treatment, 19 November
2003.
Code of good practice: Key aspects of HIV/AIDS
and employment, Regulation No. 1298 of 1 December 2000.
Promotion of Equality and Prevention of
Unfair Discrimination Act, 2000.
Employment
Equity Act, 1998 (Act No. 55 of 1998), 12 October 1998.
Policy Document on HIV/AIDS and STD Prevention and
Control, 2002.
National
Policy on HIV/AIDS, September 2001.
Tanzania Commission for AIDS Act, 2001 (Act No.
22 of 2001), 9 January 2001.
National Plan for the Prevention and Alleviation of HIV/AIDS in Thailand
2002-2006.
Act No. 921-71 of 27 July 1992 on communicable diseases [summary]UNISIA.
Regulations
on HIV/AIDS testing in Turkmenistan, 7 June 1995.
Law of 19 August 1999 on preventive maintenance of
disease caused by AIDS.
VIET
Ordinance of 31
May 1995 on the Prevention and Fight Against HIV-AIDS Infection.
Decree
No. 108/2007/ND-CP of 26 June 2007.
This Decree implements the
Law on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control of 2006 with respect to harm-reduction
measures, the provision of medicines, care for HIV-infected persons, and
occupations that require HIV testing prior to recruitment.
Decision No. 647/QD-BYT, 22 February 2007
[voluntary testing and counseling Guidelines].
National on
HIV/AIDS/STI/TB Policy, 2005.
Integrated
Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV/AIDS Protocol Guidelines,
April 2003.
Labour Relations
(HIV and AIDS) Regulations (Statutory Instrument No. 2002 of 1998), 14 August
1998
National
Policy on HIV/AIDS for the Republic of Zimbabwe, December 1999.