Compendium of Case Law Related to HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis in Ukraine: Practitional Guide for Judges

Compendium of Case Law Related to HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis in Ukraine: Practitional Guide for Judges

June 22, 2021

The Compendium of case law related to HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis in Ukraine is designed to be a professional tool for minimizing human rights violations by the state against HIV-positive and people living with tuberculosis. It is intended to serve as a procedural guide for national judicial and other law enforcement agencies in the respective area, and strengthen their capacity to ensure that the rights and freedoms of those entering into legal relations, where the key aspect is the issue of HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis, are upheld.

The Compendium combines doctrine and practice, analysis of international standards, foreign legislation, national regulations, and case law (from national courts, courts in other countries, and ECtHR case law) and provides recommendations for more effective implementation of best practices in Ukrainian law enforcement, which will serve to protect human rights in the field of health care and the establishment of the rule of law. The publication aims to intensify advocacy in order to improve the national legislation in this area, as well as to help lawyers, human rights defenders, service and patient organizations, health professionals whose field of interest is HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and human rights.