This report provides a summary of key developments in the legal environment for HIV responses in Asia and the Pacific. It is the product of a desk review conducted for UNAIDS and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in 2019. The report highlights key trends and developments in laws affecting people living with HIV and key populations in Asia and the Pacific over the five-year period 2014–2019. It updates the legal and policy review conducted in 2016 for UNAIDS, UNDP and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). A database of laws of the 38 Member States of ESCAP was created as part of this review. The database identifies laws that are either punitive or enabling for people living with HIV and key populations in Asia and the Pacific. A summary of the findings is presented in Annex 1.
Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Key developments in the legal environment for HIV responses -- Conclusion -- Annex 1. Findings of review of laws in Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Member States -- Annex 2. Legal commitments of the 2016 United Nations High-level Meeting on HIV and AIDS -- Annex 3. Outcome statement of the Asia-Pacific Regional Expert Group Meeting on Reviewing Implementation of Commitments from the Asia-Pacific Intergovernmental Meeting on HIV AIDS Beyond 2015, 27 November 2018 -- Annex 4. Expert general meeting on HIV/AIDS: civil society recommendations.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 62-80).