Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to send you below the program for the seminar IDE 2003 and the registration form (attached). Regarding the IDE news for June, you can consult them on our website : http://www.childsrights.org Best regards. Alexandra PRINCE Institut international des Droits de l'Enfant (IDE) C.P. 4176 CH-1950 Sion Tel : +41/27/205 73 00 Fax : +41/27/205 73 02 ide@iukb.ch ---- THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD AND HIV/AIDS: FROM TABOOS TO INTERVENTION STRATEGIES Seminar organized by the International Institute for the Rights of the Child (IDE) in collaboration with l'Association François-Xavier Bagnoud (AFXB) Pre-programme (23.06.2003) Course Director : Mr Michel Manciaux Professor of public health University Henri Poincaré, Nancy Dates : Tuesday, October 14th to Saturday October 18th 2003 Location : Institut Universitaire Kurt Bösch (IUKB) Case postale 4176, Ch-1950 SION 4 Tél. ++41-27-205.73.00 - Fax ++41-27-205.73.02 e-mail : ide@iukb.ch web : www.childsrights.org Languages : French and English with simultaneous translation throughout the plenary sessions. With the sponsorship of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (solicited) International Association of Magistrates for Youth and Family With the support of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (Swiss Confederation) Loterie Romande (solicited) ARGUMENT The title of the 9th IDE Seminar, organised jointly with the Association François-Xavier Bagnoud, is explicit: HIV/AIDS is a growing concern as far as health and the future of numerous regions on the planet are concerned. It is also a concern for those who defend children's rights as a whole, since this epidemic questions the position of the child facing illness, but also the child's place in society. HIV/AIDS should not anymore be a taboo : numerous information and training campaigns have tried to demonstrate the existence of the illness, to figure out its causes, to point out risky behaviour, to develop prevention tools, to give hope with available treatment. However, in many places, speaking of HIV/AIDS is still impossible, for various reasons, most often of a cultural kind. If HIV/AIDS remains a taboo, it has accordingly no real existence … and every attempt at preventing or treating it is vain. There is no possible dealing with HIV/AIDS and the rights of the child without becoming alarmed about one of its dramatic consequences : the AIDS Orphans and vulnerable children. Abandoned children, sometimes contaminated at birth, sometimes healthy, having nobody to take care of them since their family has been annihilated by the epidemic. Stigmatised, rejected, exploited and discriminated against, they have nothing and turn into social misfits, living aside any safety net, deprived of the necessary love of a family. These cohorts of orphans also represent a major problem where social stability is concerned. Very often they will become the child-soldier and the delinquent of tomorrow, swelling the ranks of those who live on the streets, consigned to the scrap heap of prostitution, drugs and despair. According to Dr Peter Piot (UNAIDS report 2002), it is clear that we are only at the beginning of the AIDS epidemic in historic terms, the most devastating epidemics in human history. In spite of forecasts according to which the infection rates should soon level off – this has not happened. The epidemic is spreading further – not only in Africa, but in China, in Russia, in India that threaten to outdistance all other world's regions in HIV/AIDS statistics – dragging along millions of victims. What about children's rights in this context ? It is certain that children – along with women – are the plague's first victims, and those who most need to be helped, protected, cared. And informed, warned, on what gestures will save them from becoming, in turn, actors in the tragedy. And intervention strategies ? Are they not known ? Not taught? Has not sufficient work been carried out with actors in the field ? The answer is yes, a lot has been done. The concrete action run by AFXB for 14 years is an outstanding example and illustrates undoubtedly the good results that can be obtained when one strives to reintegrate these children in their societies, giving support to the communities that welcome them. But the fact remains that what is obvious is a deficiency in terms of training and information. All possible tracks have not been investigated, all possible ways have not been open. Far from it : there is so much left to do. INTENDED AUDIENCE Members of active NGOs working in the area of children's rights, people who work in the area of the protection and education of children, doctors, lawyers, teachers, psychologists, sociologists, judges, social workers, and all other interested individuals (political, media, researchers, students finishing there degrees) are welcomed. PROGRAMME Tuesday, October 14th , 2003 5:00 p.m. Registration and collection of documents 7:00 p.m. Opening Ceremony 7:30 p.m. Cultural event 8:30 p.m. Cocktail to welcome participants Wednesday, October 15th, 2003 Chairperson of the session : Mrs Paola RIVA GAPANY 9h00 a.m. Opening Speeches Dr Bernard Comby, IDE President, Sion Mr SergioVieira de Mello, High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva Part I: Report 10h00 a.m. General panorama ONUSIDA, Genève (solicited) 10h45 a.m. Break 11h15 a.m. Treatment of HIV/AIDS as a tool for Dr. Alejandro Haag-Lederer prevention of OVCs and advocacy of Epidemiologist, AFXB Boston children rights 11h45 a.m. Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) Mr Mark Conolly UNICEF, New York 12h45 p.m. Lunch 2h00 p.m. Report of a Moroccan doctor Mr Abdelilah El Madani Prof. in clinic paediatrics, Rabat 3h00 p.m. Workshops 5h30 p.m. End of the day 7h30 p.m. "Valaisan" Evening Thursday, October 16th, 2003 Chairperson of the session : Mrs Christine Eggs Part II: Specific problems of OVC 09:00 a.m. Rights of the child to the health, Committee of the Rights of the Child the Generic drugs issue (solicited) 09:45 a.m. Demography and AIDS Mr Robert deGraft Agyarko WHO, Geneva 10:30 a.m. Break 11:00 a.m. Taboos, stigmatization and discrimination Mrs Noreen Kaleba (solicited) ONUSIDA, Uganda 11:45 a.m. Religion, taboo and close support Mrs Anne Courvoisier of the children in mourning Psychologist, Geneva 12:30 a.m. Lunch 14:00 a.m. Visit to the typical village of Hérémence 17:00 a.m. End of the day Friday, October 17th, 2003 Chairperson of the session: Mr Christophe Bagnoud Part III: The solutions ? 09:00 a.m. AIDS Prevention: AIDS Group, Geneva (solicited) 09:45 a.m. Micro-credits and IGA Mr Jean-Marc Foex AFXB, Geneva 10:15 a.m. Break 10:45 a.m. UNGAS follow up of New York Mr Anil Purohit AIDS Director, AFXB 11:30 a.m. Romania : action and justice Mrs Lucia-Maria Stirbu Terre des Hommes, Romania 12:30 p.m. Lunch 2:00 p.m. Workshops 5:30 p.m. NGO Poster session to 7:00 p.m. Saturday, October 18th, 2003 Chairperson of the session: Mr Jean Zermatten 09:00 a.m. Report of the workshops Reporters 10:00 a.m. Conclusion Mr Michel Manciaux Professor of public health University Henri Poincaré, Nancy 10:30 a.m. Break 11:00 a.m. Closing comments Mrs Albina du Boisrouvray AFXB, Sion 11:30 a.m. End of the seminar and announcement of the 2004 seminar 12:00 noon Lunch Workshops Wednesday, October 15th, 2003 – 3:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Friday, October 17th, 2003 – 2:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Workshop 1 : Prevention among teenagers : AIDS and media. - Mr Vallelan, Journalist at "la Liberté de Fribourg" - Mrs Donnet, Antenne SIDA Valais Workshop 2 : How to create Income Generating Activities ? - Mr Jean-Marc Foex, AFXB Genève - Mr Alejandro Haag-Lederer, Epidemiologist, AFXB Boston Workshop 3 : Using the WEB as information source on AIDS and the rights of the child - Mr Christophe Bagnoud, Association François-Xavier Bagnoud, Sion - Mrs Geneviève Levine, Institut international des Droits de l'Enfant, Sion Workshop 4 : Access to medication - Mr Anil Purohit, AIDS Director, AFXB - Ms Lucia-Maria Stirbu, Terre des Hommes, Roumanie Atelier 5 : Resilience - Mr Abdelilah El Madani, Professor in clinic paediatrics, Rabat - Mrs Renate Winter, Justice at the Special Court of Sierra Leone
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