Last week, the Human Rights Campaign submitted a report to the United Nations Human Rights Council as part of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR). The report highlighted areas of much-needed improvement in the United States domestic human rights policy. It focused on deterring LGBT hate crimes, prohibiting...

NEW YORK — New HIV infections are increasing among homosexuals, drug users and prostitutes who don’t seek help because of laws that criminalize these practices, the head of the U.N. AIDS agency said Monday. Michel Sidibe, the head of UNAIDS, said “it is unacceptable” that 85 countries...

(AP) — With a simple click, U.S. travelers buying airline tickets via some travel agencies and Internet sites can now donate $2 or more to fight AIDS in developing countries. The United Nations and former President Bill Clinton launched the donation effort Thursday called MassiveGood. It aims to...

(New York) – A United Nations General Assembly panel that met this week broke new ground and helped build new momentum for ending human rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity, a coalition of sponsoring nongovernmental organizations said today. The meeting included discussion...

Some 80 countries still penalize homosexuals, including passing criminal laws that fuel discrimination against them, the joint United Nations programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) said Tuesday. On World AIDS Day, UNAIDS said that such laws have prevented effective national responses to help those living...

During her speech condemning international homophobia, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton also announced the United States would host the 2012 International AIDS Conference in Washington, D.C. Ambassador Eric Goosby, who is the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, called the decision momentous, as the country...

Today marks the 21st International World AIDS Day. It’s a day of reflection, a day of celebration, a day that honors those whom have contributed to the fight for better treatment, and of course, a cure. Understanding that there may be members of our community who are not familiar with the history...

(JOHANNESBURG) The head of the U.N. AIDS program says South Africa is the ideal place for him to visit on World AIDS Day. Michel Sidibe, speaking to The Associated Press in Johannesburg Monday, on the eve of World AIDS Day, says that while South Africa has more people infected with the AIDS virus than...

Khartoum, Sudan (AHN) – A female journalist from Sudan was fined $200 instead of being flogged by a court for indecency after she was caught wearing trousers in a restaurant in Khartoum in July. Lubna Ahmed al-Hussein, a United Nations press officer and employee of the leftist newspaper al-Sahafa,...

MANILA – THE UN Development Programme on Thursday said the Philippines has not done enough to curb the rise of HIV infections in this largely conservative Roman Catholic nation of 90 million people. Citing official government records, UNDP country director Renaud Meyer said that about 89 per cent...