1. Track F Rapporteur Report Policy, Law, Human Rights, Political Science

2. Rapporteur Team Damon Barrett (Ireland/UK) Rebecca Schleifer (US) Simona Merkinaite (Lithuania) Eka Iakobishvili (Georgia) Alan Msosa (South Africa) Felicita Hikuam (Namibia) S'khumbuzo Maphumulo (South Africa) Dan Allman (Canada)

3. Track F Stats Rapporteur team attended over 50 sessions (Plenary, oral abstract, oral poster, special, symposium, bridging, satellite, global village) – 45 oral abstracts – 36 oral poster abstracts BUT – many abstracts from other tracks with human rights content (major strength of the conference!)

4. “We can’t continue to have the same discussions about human rights abuses, stigma and discrimination without in the next breath, saying what to do about it and demanding that funding goes to community, rights based solutions” Susan Timberlake, UNAIDS

5. Access to medicines TRIPS (managing the hydra) International drug control system (similar issues) ARVs (even more under threat) OST Opiates for pain HCV treatment “Seven years on and we have one export under compulsory licence” Richard Elliott

6. Criminalisation Refugees/asylum seekers Drug use/possession Sex work HIV transmission/exposure Abortion SOGI, sexual rights! Human rights defenders Prisons, HIV and TB “Criminalisation does not work!” Michel Sidibe “Decriminalisation does!” Joao Goulao

7. Right to an adequate standard of living Enabling environment Housing Sanitation Education Food security Healthcare (incl. SRH) Social welfare Employment “Why would we give clean needles to dead drug users?” David MacDonald

8. Accountability Empowerment and accountability are symbiotic Investment in capacity! GIPA – How to involve criminalised groups? – How to involve youth? Donor accountability (national, bilateral, multilateral) Healthcare staff “GIPA is investment in PLHIV” Julian Hows

9. Data collection Knowing the epidemic REQUIRES rights based analysis – only then can you have a rights based approach Rights-based indicators – what evidence counts? ‘Hidden populations’ are not hidden by choice – Gender based violence – Police violence – Stigma “We need a modelling armistice – let’s collect some data!” Bernard Hirschel

10. Achievement of rights to the maximum of available resources ‘AIDS is not in recession’ Innovative financing mechanisms Non-discrimination & neglected populations (e.g. disability, women) Re-directing from failed policies and approaches “Three cents a day is not enough” Professor Gerry Stimson

11. Right to benefit from scientific progress and its applications Microbicides (same threats as existing technologies) ARV generics Treatment as prevention (but must be human rights compliant) Harm reduction Social sciences “Conducting re-trials on human subjects in unethical!” Khalil Elouardighi

12. The message from AIDS 2010 is clear Over 12,500 people say: It is time to count the costs of the war on drugs

13. What do we want to see in two years? Funding for rights based programming Human rights knowledge informing public health programmes More conference content on creating an enabling environment Planning now to ensure barriers to attendance are removed Maxim Popov, Alaei brothers LONG RELEASED

14. Two billion dollars were spent on the war on drugs 3,000 contracted HIV in EECA Russia reasserted its opposition to harm reduction (while preparations were made for a Russian government official to take the reins at UNODC) BUT Namibia announced removal of travel restrictions Argentina legalised same sex marriage During the conference…