Echoing a speech he made in Toronto in
June, Michel Kazatchkine, executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS,
Tuberculosis and Malaria, again called
for the closure of compulsory detention centers, where drug users are
detained for months or years without trial or due process, under the guise of
drug treatment.
和7月在多伦多的演讲相呼应，全球抗击艾滋病、肺结核和疟疾基金会的首席执行官迈克尔·科茨特凯恩又一次呼吁关闭强制戒毒所。强制戒毒所以对药物治疗为名，在没有经过审讯或其他合适程序的情况下，将吸毒人员关押数月甚至数年。
New evidence that criminalization of drug use fuels HIV/AIDS
A special issue of the medical journal The Lancet,
produced for the International AIDS Conference, published a ground-breaking
series of articles and commentaries on the global HIV epidemic among people who
use drugs. Drawing on their comprehensive examination of hundreds of studies, the
journal’s editors called for an evidence- and rights-based response to HIV
among people who use drugs: “Criminalization
has reduced access to health care for people at risk of drug use…Put simply,
locking people up does not work.” The
journal’s articles provide evidence showing that the most neglected strategy, a
human rights-based approach, is the the most effective tool in reversing the
epidemic.
新证据表明，毒品利用有罪化加剧艾滋病传播
医学期刊《柳叶刀》上有期为国际艾滋病大会制作的专门话题，围绕话题发表了一系列有关全球艾滋病在吸毒者之间的感染情况的论文和评论，颇具开拓性。通过对这数百项研究进行综合考察，期刊的编辑呼吁，对吸毒人群艾滋病的回应应当有据且符合其正当权益，”有罪化，使得容易受到感染的吸毒人群接触健康治疗的途径减少……简单地说，将人锁起来是没有用的。”期刊的论文用相关证据说明，在对抗艾滋病时，最容易被人们忽视的方式，也就是以人为本的方式，其实是最有效的方式。
Consent and confidentiality: challenges in HIV testing
A growing chorus of countries, NGOs
and foundations at the conference called for routine testing as an effective
strategy for HIV prevention. However, a number of panels and sessions at the
conference disagreed with this approach, suggesting that rights abuses related
to drives to scale up HIV testing can actually undermine AIDS prevention.
同意与保密：艾滋病化验中的挑战
越来越多的国家、非政府组织和基金会都一致呼吁将例行化验作为预防艾滋病的有效措施。但是大会上，许多专门小组和专项会议不同意这个方法，并指出，和急于扩大艾滋病病毒化验相关的权利侵犯，将破坏艾滋病的预防工作。
Sex worker protest at the conference to demand decriminalization (Photo by Zhao Gang)
在维也纳的会议期间，成千上万的人上街集会，要求把人权列入到艾滋病的各项政策和项目中去。集会的地点是位于奥地利国会大楼前的英雄广场，一个具有历史意义的地方。人们相聚一起，为联合国艾滋病规划署署长、全球基金会会长和国际艾滋病活动家如马克·西伍德欢呼，和流行歌手安妮·列克斯一起载歌载舞。
The Asia Catalyst booth. L-R: Li Dan, Shen Tingting, Will Lian. (Courtesy Zhao Gang)
A few highlights from the International AIDS Conference, from us and our Chinese partners — with some of their photos.
