The Convention on the rights of the child and HIV and AIDS

Introduction

Three children hold their grandmother's hand.
© UNICEF/HQ02-0365/Pirozzi
Since their mother died of AIDS these three children have lived with their grandmother (Zimbabwe).

The effects of the HIV and AIDS epidemic are so far-reaching that many of the rights in the Convention on the Rights of the Child are relevant.

For a start, let’s look at how the Convention’s four guiding principles relate to HIV and AIDS – and to you.

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