Lawyers for health - harnessing the power of law / Medicus Mundi Switzerland

Contradicting laws reinforce stigma and discrimination against LGBT people and hinders access to health care and HIV services out of fear of being identified as gay, discriminated against, persecuted or prosecuted.

In this episode Carine Weiss talks to Allan Maleche a human rights activists and a lawyer in Kenya about the importance of human rights lawyers to combat human rights violations and to protect the rights of LGBTI people and people living with HIV. Allan Maleche explains where it comes from that people are criminalised and prosecuted based on their sexual identity and what needs to be done to ensure health for all.

Allan Maleche is the Executive Director of Kenya Legal and Ethical Issues Network on HIV and AIDS (KELIN). With his colleagues, he has litigated landmark cases that halted the forced sterilization of women living with HIV, stopped the unjust use of public health concerns as a reason to incarcerate people living with TB, prevented the government of Kenya from making the names of children living with HIV available to the public and much more.

As an implementer, in a developing country, KELIN under the leadership of Allan has provided technical assistance for the Global Fund on community, rights and gender, and has provided technical support in Kenya and South Sudan, conducting legal environment assessments and identifying measures to mitigate human rights risks to Global Fund-financed programs. Allan is also a former member of the Global Fund Board representing Developing Country NGOs.

Allan has over a decade of experience in promoting ethical, human rights–based approaches to health planning, programming and service delivery. In 2018, Allan was awarded the Elizabeth Taylor Human Rights Award.

Kenya Legal and Ethical Issues Network on HIV and AIDS (KELIN)

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