SADC lawmakers are gathering in Johannesburg this week under the theme, "Criminalization and Stigmatization: Disincentives to the Realisation of Fundamental Human Rights". They will try to record the experience of parliamentarians and their understanding of the propagation and protection of human rights, as advocates of decriminalization in the public health response. The meeting, jointly organized by SADC Parliamentary Forum and the AIDS Rights Alliance of South Africa(ARASA), brings together MPS, civil society, human rights activists and development partners to discuss how to boost parliamentary advocacy for the removal of health related criminal laws using a human rights perspective.
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