Implementation of Regional and International HIV and AIDS Conventions and Declarations in Lesotho, Malawi and Mozambique

OSISA and SAfAIDS, Implementation of Regional and International HIV and AIDS Prevention, Treatment, Care and Support Conventions and Declarations in Lesotho, Malawi and Mozambique, SAfAIDS, Harare, 2008.

This study examines the extent to which the Governments of Lesotho, Malawi and Mozambique have implemented HIV and AIDS prevention, treatment, care, support and impact mitigation strategies and services in line with current international and regional conventions and declarations to which they are signatories.A Declaration refers to a statement of moral and ethical intent,which despite being an instrument that is not legally binding, provides an undeniable moral force and practical guidance to states in their conduct.A Convention on the other hand is defined as a moral and ethical intent which has both a legal as well as a moral obligation for its signatories and carries the weight of international law which is applicable to States that ratify or accede to it.