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Managing the Crisis and Policy Directions

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The findings of the research have crucial policy implications globally as well as regionally. The implication for Canada in particular will be for Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC); Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB); Canada Border Service Agency (CBSA), and international Refugee regime, international Protection regime and International Human rights regime in general. This chapter analyzes the performance of countries that are party to international conventions in complying with them. This chapter will discuss the role of the existing policies in protecting the rights of the refugees and immigrants with HIV/AIDS. The objective is to formulate a set of policy recommendations based on the findings for policy makers, researchers, medical professional, and service providers.

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    http://www.thebody.com/content/art30954.html. See also http://www.voanews.com/content/hiv-positive-liberians-fight-workplace-discrimination-91713094/154192.html

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    UNAIDS in collaboration with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and other partners has developed guidelines advancing human rights in the context of HIV/AIDS. In February 1998, UNAIDS and OHCHR jointly published the International Guidelines on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights. These guidelines set the standards for upholding HIV/AIDS-related human rights at the national, regional and international levels (UNAIDS 2003).

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    UNAIDS, UNICEF, UNDP, UNFPA, UNESCO, UN Women and WHO.

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    AKM Ahsan Ullah

  2. Department of Political Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

    Ahmed Shafiqul Huque

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Ullah, A.A., Huque, A.S. (2014). Managing the Crisis and Policy Directions. In: Asian Immigrants in North America with HIV/AIDS. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-119-0_6

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