HIV AND AIDS (ANTI-DISCRIMINATION) ACT, 2014

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HIV AND AIDS (ANTI-DISCRIMINATION) ACT, 2014

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.

PART IV—MONITORING AND LEGAL ENFORCEMENT

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.

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HIV AND AIDS (ANTI-DISCRIMINATION) ACT, 2014

AN ACT TO MAKE 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.

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

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

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