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HIV and AIDS (Anti-Discrimination) Act, 2014

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Arrangement of Sections

PART I-OBJECTIVES

1. Objectives

2. Application.

PART II-PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH OR AFFECTED BY HIV OR AIDS FROM DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF THEIR HIV STATUS

3. Non-Discrimination on the basis of HIV Status.

4. Protection of the Rights of people living with HIV.

5. Right to take affirmative action.

6. Acts amounting to discrimination.

7. Provision of reasonable accommodation.

8. Disclosure of HIV Status.

9. HIV testing.

10. Provision of testing on request.

11. Prohibition of disclosure of Status without Consent.

12. Anonymous HCT testing not precluded.

13. Confidentiality.

14. Eligibility for social security, care, and support benefits.

15. Occupationally acquired HIV infection.

16. Duty to provide Safety Procedure against occupational transmission.

17. Report of Occupationally acquired HIV infections to the Minister .

18. Provision of Support.

19. Compensation.

PART III-GENERAL OFFENCES

20. Grievance Procedures.

21. Penalty for non-compliance.

24. Minister's duty to ensure compliance.

25. Recommendation based on inquiry.

26. Right of an individual or group to commence a civil suit.

27. Civil remedies and sections of the Court.

28. Constitutional right of redress.

29. Liability of a Legal Person.

30. Interpretation.

31. Citation.

AN ACT TO MAK PROVISION FOR THE PREVENTION OF HIV AND AIDS-BASED DISCRIMINATION AND PROTECT THE FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND DIGNITY OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH AND AFFECTED BY HIV AND AIDS AND FOR RELATED MATTERS

[Commencement (27th Day of November, 2014)]

ENACTED by the National Assembly of the federal republic of Nigeria-

PART I-OBJECTIVES

Objectives.

1. The purpose of the Act is to protect the rights and dignity of people living with and affected by HIV and AIDS by-

(a) eliminating all forms of discrimination based on HIV status;
(b) creating a supportive environment so that people living with HIV and AIDS are able to continue working under normal conditions for as long as they are medically fit to do so;
(c) promoting appropriate and effective ways of managing HIV in the workplace, community, institutions and other fields of human endeavour;

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