The AIDS Legal Network (ALN) is a human rights organisation committed to the promotion, protection and realisation of fundamental rights and freedoms of people living with, and affected by, HIV and AIDS.

Founded in 1994, Their focus has been to respond to both the legal and ethical challenges presented by HIV. They do this by providing human rights and legal literacy training, by documenting and responding to rights violations and abuses through our Legal Advice Desk, and by advocating for law reform both nationally and internationally.

As a human rights organisation, they focus primarily on the promotion and advancement of the principles of equality, non-discrimination, human dignity, and the equal enjoyment of all rights and freedoms, irrespective of a person’s sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or HIV status.

The AIDS Legal Network (ALN) engages in advocacy activities at a national, regional and global level calling for human rights to be at the centre of the AIDS response; with a specific focus on women, violence and HIV.

Their human rights and legal literacy training seeks to broaden the awareness and deepen the understanding of HIV risks and vulnerabilities as a human rights issue in both policy and practice among communities, service providers and policy makers. To this end, we facilitate a variety of sessions, including:

Human rights and HIV
HIV and the Law
Gender, gender violence and HIV
Women, violence and HIV
Human rights in the context of HIV testing and disclosure

They develop and produce a variety of publications, resources and training manuals advocating for non-violence and human rights protections in the context of and the response to HIV. Their various advocacy materials seek to facilitate critical human rights discourse, to challenge gender and human rights barriers, and to ultimately transform the societal contexts defining HIV risks and vulnerabilities.