Stigma, Discrimination and Legal Barriers to Effective HIV Response in Indonesia

1. Stigma, Discrimination and Legal Barriers to Effective HIV Response in Indonesia @LBHMasyarakat @LBHM.id Ajeng Larasati www.lbhmasyarakat.org @lbhmasyarakat

2. HIV and Human Rights “Health is a fundamental human rights indispensable for the exercise of other human rights” STIGMA and DISCRIMINATION • Denial of the right to health • Access to justice/fair trial impeded • Freedom of assembly/expression infringed human rights violations • AIDS responses: • Triple ZERO • 90-90-90 Because Every Human Matters

3. Underlying Problems Intersecting with gender and other status of discrimination STIGMA and DISCRIMINATION Because Every Human Matters

4. Media monitoring and documentation (2016): media reporting on HIV Actors identified through the media monitoring Because Every Human Matters

5. Documenting human rights violations (2017): On people living with HIV • October 2016 to August 2017, in 17 cities/districts in Indonesia: incl. Jakarta, Medan, Surabaya, Sorong. • Total 387 cases documented in the research: 75% (184 cases) experienced by people living with HIV. • 138 of 184 (75%) categorised as human rights violations. • Top three violations: • Right to health: 73 cases, • Right to privacy: 26 cases, • Right to free from discrimination: 14 cases Because Every Human Matters

6. What should we do? Creating An Enabling Environment Increasing access to justice Effective campaign/ communication strategy Sensitization of lawmakers, service providers, and public figures Synergy in doing advocacy movement Because Every Human Matters

7. “ access to justice for people living with HIV, gay, transgender and sex workers, is as important as access to condoms and treatment “

8. Terima Kasih @LBHM.id @lbhmasyarakat @LBHMasyarakat www.lbhmasyarakat.org