United States: challenges filed to anti-prostitution pledge requirement.
Two separate lawsuits were filed recently in US federal courts challenging a provision of US law requiring that non-governmental organizations have a policy "explicitly opposing prostitution" as a condition of receiving funding under the United States Leadership against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (US Global AIDS Act). US-based plaintiffs in both cases argue that the anti-prostitution pledge requirement in the Act violates US Constitutional guarantees of free speech and due process, and undermines proven, effective efforts to fight HIV/AIDS among sex workers.
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HIV/AIDS and Human Rights Program of Human Rights Watch, Canada. schleir@hrw.org
D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D011477:Sex Work / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States