[The inclusion of human rights in AIDS/HIV norms in Mexico and Central America: 1993-2000].
OBJECTIVE
To analyze the inclusion of human rights in HIV/AIDS norms in Mexico and Central America for the 1993-2000 period.


METHODS
Norms and regulations for HIV/AIDS prevention and control in this region were analyzed. A constructivist perspective of judiciary subsystems and human rights was used as a reference framework, to establish categories of analysis with significance codes based on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.


RESULTS
During the study period, human rights were included within a vigorous legislative activity for HIV/AIDS transmission prevention. In some cases (as in the Panama Law and the Honduras Proposal) there were passages of law violating the right to non-discrimination and privacy. These laws lead to either of two conflicting paths: one ensuring human rights, and another increasing the vulnerability of some groups.


CONCLUSIONS
The authors emphasize the importance of gaining a new understanding of social subjects and epidemiological surveillance, based on norms that incorporate human rights issues.
Cuadra-Hernández
Silvia Magali
SM
Centro de Investigación en Sistemas, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México. mcuadra@insp.mx
Leyva-Flores
René
R
Hernández-Rosete
Daniel
D
Bronfman-Pertzovsky
Mario N
MN
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; D002489:Central America; D015658:HIV Infections; D006806:Human Rights; D006801:Humans; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D008800:Mexico; D012935:Social Justice; D013997:Time Factors