The Global Commission on HIV and the Law was launched in June 2010 to develop actionable, evidence informed and human rights-based recommendations for effective HIV responses that promote and protect the human rights of people living with and most vulnerable to HIV. The aim is to follow up to the recommendations of the report of the Commission, and in line with the UNDP 'Strategic Plan 2014-2017' and the UNAIDS '2011-2015 Strategy: Getting to Zero', UNDP and other development partners have supported countries in undertaking Legal Environment Assessments with the goal of assisting governments, civil society and other stakeholders to develop evidence-informed policy and strategy, to review and reform laws and policies based on human rights considerations, and to support increased capacity to achieve enabling legal environments for effective HIV responses.

After the introduction Michaela Clayton from ARASA (AIDS Rights Alliance for Southern Africa) was presenting findings and recommendations for the Legal Environment Assessment of HIV and AIDS.

The following topics were actively discussed by the participants and organizers:

• Laws that discriminates
• Access to Law: Law and Policy
• Age of consent
• Regulation of HCW
• Criminal Law
• Prisoners: Law and Policy
• People who use drugs: Law and policy
• Sex Workers: Law and policy
• HIV in the workplace: Law and policy
• Education and information: Law and policy
• Access to Social Welfare
• Gender based violence
• Access to justice