Civil Society Organisations:
The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) was founded on 10 December 1998 in Cape Town, South Africa. We campaign for treatment for people with HIV and to reduce new HIV infections. Our efforts have resulted in many life-saving interventions, including the implementation of country-wide mother-to-child transmission prevention and antiretroviral treatment programmes.
The TAC also runs a treatment literacy campaign: this is a training programme on the science of HIV treatment and prevention.
Legal Assistance Organisations:
The LRC is a law clinic that seeks creative and effective solutions by using a range of strategies, including impact litigation, law reform, participation in partnerships and development processes, education and networking within and outside South Africa.
The Legal Resources Centre is an independent, client-based, non-profit public interest law clinic which uses law as an instrument of justice. It works for the development of a fully democratic society based on the principle of substantive equality, by providing free legal services for the vulnerable and marginalised, including the poor, homeless, and landless people and communities of South Africa who suffer discrimination by reason of race, class, gender, disability or by reason of social, economic, and historical circumstances.
ProBono.Org is a non profit organisation. It provides the following services: - Consultations with individuals or groups who cannot afford commercial legal fees and who have matters which are in the public interest
- Referrals of public interest matters with good merits to law firms in line with their expertise and/or interest
- Referrals to relevant institutions should the matters not be suitable for legal resolution
- Maintains working relationship with the Johannesburg Bar Council
- Maintains working relationships with a range of NGO's active in different areas of public interest work
- Arranges training / workshops / seminars on relevant public interest topics for either NGO's or law firms
- Publicises positive impact of pro bono legal assistance
- Tracks developments in public interest jurisprudence
- Alerts NGOs and law firms of developments in public interest jurisprudence
- Facilitates collaborations with public interest law research facilities
- Facilitates collaborations between law firms and public law organisations and / or NGOs
- Accesses support from foreign and international pro bono entities
International Bodies AIDSLEX (the AIDS and Law Exchange) gives concrete meaning to a “rights-based approach to HIV/AIDS”. This web portal is a tool for activists, community organizations, researchers, policy-makers, journalists, health workers and anyone who seeks quick and easy access to a wide range of resources about HIV, human rights and the law. It helps people around the world communicate and share information, materials and strategies, with the ultimate goal of contributing to a global effort to protect and promote the human rights of people living with or vulnerable to HIV and AIDS. The Open Society Institute has launched a new and improved online resource guide for practitioners and advocates. It covers the basic concepts and resources in health and human rights and provides information on inaternational treaties and enforcement mechanisms that can be applied to health care settings. The guide currently includes in-depth research on seven key areas: - Human rights in patient care
- HIV/AIDS and human rights
- Harm reduction and human rights
- Sexual health and human rights
- Health and human rights in minority communities
- Mental health and human rights
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