A/HRC/19/37 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 14 December 2011 Original: English Human Rights Council Nineteenth session Agenda items 2 and 3 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development The protection of human rights in the context of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Summary The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 16/28, in which the Council requested the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to engage actively with the 2011 High-Level Meeting on AIDS of the General Assembly, by providing a human rights-based perspective, and to inform the Human Rights Council thereon. This report provides (a) an overview of the context and objectives of the Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS adopted at the High-Level Meeting on AIDS, including information on the role that the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner played in advocating for a human rights-based perspective; and (b) an analysis of the 2011 Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS from a human rights perspective. The report highlights that the 2011 Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS: Intensifying our Efforts to Eliminate HIV/AIDS, represents an important opportunity to chart a new course for the global AIDS response and advance human rights by addressing discrimination associated with HIV-related stigma, vulnerability and risk behaviours. GE.11-17350