“Life Doesn’t Wait”
Romania’s Failure to Protect and Support Children and Youth Living with HIV

Special Focus

Glossary

I. Summary

Methods

II. Key Recommendations

To the Government of Romania
To the European Union
To Other International Donors

III. Background

IV. Findings

Discrimination in and Barriers to Access to Education

Vocational Education

Violations of the Right to Health

Access to Medical Services

Access to Mental Health Care

Access to Medications

Access to Medications for Opportunistic Infections
Access to Antiretroviral Therapy

Violations of the Right to Privacy and to Information

Violations of the Right to Privacy

Criminalization of Transmission of HIV

Disclosure of HIV Status, Sex Education, and the Right to Information

Sex Education

Discrimination and Barriers to Employment

V. Government Response and Failures to Protect Children

Inadequate Complaint Mechanisms

County Directorates of Child Protection
The National Council for Combating Discrimination

Inadequate Monitoring and Investigations of Abuse and Neglect

Inadequate Support for Caregivers of Children Living with HIV

De-institutionalization on the Cheap: The Case of Vidra Orphanage
Aging Out of the Child Protection System
Arbitrary Procedures for Receiving State Subsidies

Adult Complex Assessment Committees

VI. Human Rights Standards in International and Romanian Law

Children’s Right to Protection and Care
The Right to Protection from Discrimination
The Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health
The Right to Education
The Right to Information

The Right to Privacy

VII. Detailed Recommendations

To the Government of Romania

General Recommendations
Protection and Care for Children and Youth Living with HIV
Combating Discrimination against People Living with HIV
The Right to Health
The Right to Education
The Right to Information
The Right to Privacy

To the European Union
To Other International Donors

VIII. Conclusion

Acknowledgements

August 2006   Volume 18, No. 6(D)

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