Ukrainian Culture Under Attack: Erasure of Ukrainian Culture in Russia's War Against Ukraine

In the first days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a missile struck the Ivankiv local history museum, setting it on fire. It was the only building in the village to be struck. The Mariupol Drama Theatre was sheltering hundreds of civilians, including children, when Russian aircraft dropped two bombs on it in March 2022. Amid that rubble and death is a stark casualty: Ukrainian culture, identity, and heritage.PEN America and PEN Ukraine's new report gathers evidence of intentional and indiscriminate attacks on Ukraine's cultural infrastructure, in cities and rural areas. The report is damning, undeniable evidence of a concerted campaign of erasure. Hundreds of cultural buildings, monuments, and places of worship have been destroyed. Museums looted. Language suppressed. Books destroyed. Poets, writers, journalists, and translators detained, tortured, and killed. Preserved cultural heritage sites uprooted.The report makes clear that culture is not collateral damage in the war against Ukraine: it's a target, a central pillar of Russian President Vladimir Putin's justification for the war. Putin has repeatedly claimed that Ukrainian culture and language simply don't exist. By targeting art museums, music halls, libraries, theaters, and historical sites, he attempts to make it s

An overview of some of the key legal developments in HIV/AIDS and the law — 2003

South Africa has a strong legal framework that offers a high level of protection to people living with HIV/AIDS. Although the Constitution does not explicitly refer to HIV/AIDS, it does prohibit unfair discrimination on the grounds of disability. International jurisprudence has developed a broad definition of ‘disability\', which goes beyond so-called functional disability and has successfully accommodated HIV-related discrimination cases in Australia, Canada and the USA. It is likely that South African courts will ultimately do the same. Employment legislation does refer specifically to HIV-related discrimination and prohibits unfair discrimination on the grounds of HIV status in the workplace. Pre-employment and employment HIV testing is prohibited, unless the permission of the Labour Court is obtained before to testing takes place. There are other laws, dealing with the provision of medical aid services, access to education and health care, that also prevent HIV-related discrimination. Despite this, however, people with HIV/AIDS continue to suffer high levels of discrimination and prejudice. The disclosure of HIV status remains a fearful experience for many South Africans and may well be accompanied by violence and economic and social deprivation. This article examines some of the most important cases that have come before the courts and other tribunals in 2003 and have sought to establish the rights of people with HIV/AIDS to live lives of dignity without fear. Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine Vol. 5 (1) 2004: 40-4

Access of abandoned children and orphans with HIV/AIDS to antiretroviral therapy - a legal impasse

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The African Women's Protocol: Bringing Attention to Reproductive Rights and the MDGs

Andrew Gibbs and colleagues discuss the African Women's Protocol, a framework for ensuring reproductive rights are supported throughout the continent and for supporting interventions to improve women's reproductive health, including the MDGs

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African Union countries and the signing and ratification of the African Women's Protocol.

a<p>The signature of a treaty is evidence of the state's intention to ratify the instrument at some time in the future, but is not legally binding for a state.</p

Panel III: Human Trafficking and Prostitution: What Should We Do?

Panel III: Human Trafficking and Prostitution: What Should We Do? Johan D. Van der Vyver, I.T. Cohen Professor of International Law and Human Rights, Emory University School of Law (moderator) Melissa Farley, Founder and Director of Prostitution Research and Education Liesl Gerntholtz, Executive Director, Women\u27s Rights Division, Human Rights Watch Susan Coppedge, Former Ambassador-at-Large, U.S. Department of Stat

Panel III: Human Trafficking and Prostitution: What Should We Do?

Panel III: Human Trafficking and Prostitution: What Should We Do? Johan D. Van der Vyver, I.T. Cohen Professor of International Law and Human Rights, Emory University School of Law (moderator) Melissa Farley, Founder and Director of Prostitution Research and Education Liesl Gerntholtz, Executive Director, Women\u27s Rights Division, Human Rights Watch Susan Coppedge, Former Ambassador-at-Large, U.S. Department of Stat