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MINISTRY OF HEALTH & SOCIALSOLIDARITY
IPU Regional Seminar on HIV and AIDSLEGAL ASPECTS OF HIV RELATING TO VULNERABLE GROUPS
Athens, 25 and 26 September 2009DRAFT PROGRAM
Friday, 25 September8:00-9:00
Registration of participants
9:00-10.00
Inaugural sessionElsa Papademetriou, Vice President of the IPU and the Hellenic ParliamentDimitris Sioufas, President of the Hellenic ParliamentDimitris Avramopoulos, Minister of Health and Social SolidarityNavanethem Pillay, UN Commissioner on Human RightstbcGertrude Mongella, Member of the Pan African Parliament
Hendrietta Bogopane Zulu, Chair of the IPU Advisory Group on HIV/AIDS
John Pierroutsakos, President of the Hellenic Center for Infectious Disease Control
10:00-11:00
HIV and AIDS in the European context
The session will examine the trends and challenges in dealing with the HIVpolicies and practices in the European countries.
epidemic in Europe. The participants will be given an overview of HIV-related
Communicable Diseases, WHO Regional Office for Europe
Martin Donoghoe, Team Leader for HIV/TB or David Mercer, acting Unit Head forJohann Fontaine, Project Officer, European Center for Disease Control
Debate
11:00-11:15Coffee break
11:15-13:30
Challenges facing the legislatorThe session will look at areas such as anti-discrimination protection, basic rights,
HIV transmission, and criminal law. It will also examine the current legislation inEuropean countries as far as HIV testing, notification and disclosure areconcerned, and challenges facing physicians who deal with HIV patients.Navanethem Pillay, UN Commissioner on Human Rightstbc
Susan Timberlake, Senior Human Rights and Law Adviser, UNAIDSHIV/AIDS
Marleen Temmerman, Senator, Belgium, Member of the IPU Advisory Group onEdwin Cameron, Justice of the Constitutional Court of South AfricatbcDebate13:30-15:00Lunch break
15:00-17:00
Continuation of the sessionMichael Kirby, former Justice of the High Court of AustraliatbcMember of ParliamentDebate
20:00
Official dinner
Saturday, 26 September09:00-11:00
Groups most vulnerable to HIV and appropriate responsesA variety of social and economic factors increase people’s vulnerability to HIVand access to services. The session will discuss ways in which national and
infection, including stigma and discrimination, poverty and lack of HIV awarenessregional responses to HIV and AIDS address the underlying social and structuralissues that increase vulnerability, and the question of scaling-up HIV-relatedprograms and services for the most affected groups.
(Name to be confirmed), European AIDS Treatment GroupYusuf Azad, Civil Society ForumDebateHaris Politis, Senior Legal Advisor, Hellenic Center for Infectious Disease Control
Coffee break
11:00-11:15
11:15-12:30
Continuation of the sessionGertrude Mongella, Member of the Pan African ParliamentKay Hull, MP Australia, Member of the IPU Advisory Group on HIV/AIDS
Member of Parliament
Debate12:30-13:00
Report on the findings from the field visit to Greece by the IPU Advisory Group onHIV/AIDSHendrietta Bogopane Zulu, Chair of the IPU Advisory Group on HIV/AIDS
Debate13:00-14:30Lunch break
14:30-16:30
The question of HIV and AIDS as it relates to migrant flows in EuropeThe session will discuss policies of prevention, testing and treatment in Europeancountries looking at legal as well as illegal migrant populations. Is there a needtailored to their needs?Member of Parliamentfor specific services for immigrant communities with policies and activities
Mary Haour Knipe, former Senior Advisor, HIV/AIDS and Migration, IOMAntonio Vitorino, MP PortugalDebate
Felix Gutzwiller, MP Switzerland, Member of the IPU Advisory Group on HIV
16:30-16:45
Closing ceremony/Adoption of a resolution/closing statement
Afternoon
Cultural visit
