Working effectively with human rights partners Meg Davis Senior Human Rights Advisor CRG, The Global Fund Global Fund Strategy 2012-16 Five Strategic objectives Strategic Objective 4: Promote and protect human rights 4.1 Integrate human rights considerations throughout the grant cycle 4.2 Ensure the Global Fund does not support programs that infringe human rights 4.3 Increase investment in programs that address human rights barriers to accessing health services An enabling environment for health interventions Laws and policies • • • Sign and ratify international human rights treaties Reform the country’s laws and policies to comply Inform citizens about their legal rights Cross-cutting principles: Transparency Accountability Due process Remedy • • • Ensure the laws are implemented fairly Independence of the courts Good governance • If there is a rights violation, individuals should be able to file complaints or lawsuits and obtain justice Equality Nondiscrimination What the Global Fund will support to address human rights barriers Laws and policies • • • Legal environment assessment Law and policy reform Know-your-rights training for communities Partnership Transparency Accountability Due process • • Government Training for officials, judges, health workers and police Community-based monitoring Partnership between government agencies Civil society • Remedy • • Government partnership to ensure redress mechanisms work Legal aid services Community-based advocacy Good practices – health and human rights from the Human Rights for HIV, TB, Malaria and HSS Grants Information Note • Myanmar networks of PLHIV and key populations monitor local cases of medical discrimination against PLHIV and TB patients, and work with a national law reform working group to change the laws • In Kenya, KELIN provides legal aid to women living with HIV who lose their inheritance rights and also represents TB patients • In Indonesia, LBH Masyarakat trains people who inject drugs as community paralegals, and provides technical assistance for the Global Fund grant • In Peru, an Ombudsman monitors the government response to TB Care and exposes problems HIV modules The modules (used for budgeting and grant making) for all three diseases include the option of human rights activities Prevention programs for general population Prevention programs for Adolescents and youth- Prevention programs for Key Populations- Prevention programs for other MSM, TG, Sex Workers, PWID in and out of school vulnerable populations Treatment, Care and Support PMTCT TB/HIV Health Information System and M&E Community Systems Strengthening Removing Legal Barriers to Access Human rights Program Management 6 Module: Removing Legal Barriers to Access Intervention 1. Activity Assessment of laws, policies and their implementation in consultation with key populations and human rights experts Legal Assessment and Reform Engage stakeholders in developing common policy agenda and develop policy/law draft a. Share the assessment with people living with and affected by the diseases; b. Prioritize policy issues to be addressed defined; c. Identify national deliberative body (or individual) to target for policy change; d. Consult relevant government representatives to share assessment report and policy/law draft Implement legal/policy reform a. Develop a measurable, time-bound, costed plan to reform laws; b. Disseminate plan; carry out awareness raising and education activities; c. Carry out strategy implementation/capacity strengthening Draft rights-based laws and policies Technical assistance Other Module: Removing legal barriers to access Intervention 2. Legal aid services and legal literacy Activity Provide training for people living with or affected by the disease a. Design and deliver training in legal rights b. Develop and implement pre and post-training assessment tools Publish legal literacy information (print, video, online) Provide legal aid services Integrate community paralegals into health outreach service Design and maintain legal aid case management system Technical assistance Other Module: Removing legal barriers to access Intervention 3. Activity Provide training for police, judges, officials, and/or health workers 1. Design & deliver legal literacy training Training on 2. Develop and implement pre- and post-training rights for assessment questionnaire police, officials Publish legal literacy information (print, video, and health online) workers Technical assistance Other Module: Removing legal barriers to access Intervention 4. Activity Design and implement research plans in order to document violations of legal rights Training in research methods for community researchers Communitybased monitoring Develop monitoring framework with indicators to measure rights violations Create and maintain data systems for monitoring rights violations Publish reports and submissions on rights violations Technical assistance Other Module: Removing Legal Barriers to Access Intervention 5. Activity a. Develop a measurable, time-bound, and costed advocacy plan including periodic monitoring b. Undertake consultation(s) for the draft plan Implementation of advocacy activities a. Representatives of people living with and affected by the diseases meet to begin implementing advocacy plan Policy advocacy b. Specific advocacy activities planned and assigned to individuals or groups & social accountability Consultations with relevant government representatives a. Leadership engagement/mobilization b. b. Revise draft policy accordingly Develop and print advocacy material or other media activities Public advocacy events Technical assistance Other