Aids Audit – HIV and Human Rights

An Australian Pilot

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6090495
AutoresHelen Watchirs (autor de correspondencia)
Año2003
Volumen25
Número3
Páginas245-268
Fecha de publicación2003-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaLaw & Policy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0265-8240 • E-ISSN: 1467-9930
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-9930.2003.00150.x
OpenAlexW1995226602
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas29

This article explores the Australian pilot of a human rights audit using ten indicators in the specific area of HIV/AIDS. The new methodology has three main roles: a monitoring device to measure human rights protection in a jurisdiction's legal system against international standards; an intervention to raise local dialogue and consciousness of rights‐based legislation; and an advocacy tool to stimulate law reform. It uses a tripartite process balancing independent experts, government, and community representatives. This approach attempts to overcome some of the democratic deficits identified by Power's hypothesis on the explosion of regulatory audits (1997

Audit · Business · Democracy · Government (linguistics · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Human rights · International human rights law · Intervention (counseling · Jurisdiction · Legislation · Political science · Human Rights and Development · Law · Legal Issues in South Africa · Medicine · Psychology · Public Administration · Regulation and Compliance Studies · Accounting