Safeguarding a sustainable HIV response in times of crisis

On Monday 15 September (5 PM CEST), join a side event at the 60th UN Human Rights Council. Here, leading HIV and human rights experts will discuss sustaining political momentum for a rights-based HIV response in light of the cancelled report from the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Date: Monday 15 September 2025
Time: 17:00-18:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST) – Find your time zone
Location: Palais des Nations, Geneva (room VIII, building A) – Watch the livestream
Language: English

The event is organised by Frontline AIDS and co-hosted with the Permanent Mission of Brazil. It is co-sponsored by ILGA World, ANCS, Solace Initiative Ghana, ICW Global, Sexual Rights Initiative, and IPPF

Due to budget constraints at the United Nations, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights will no longer deliver its report on human rights in a sustainable HIV response.

This gap in the agenda of the ongoing 60th session of the UN Human Rights Council underscores the urgent need for this side event: to maintain global attention, elevate community voices, and ensure that human rights remain at the heart of HIV policy discussions at the Human Rights Council and beyond.

This side event will bring together leading HIV and human rights experts to discuss sustaining political momentum for a rights-based HIV response. It follows on from an earlier HRC session on 5 March 2025, which you can re-watch here.

Speakers

• Moderator: Nomtika Mjwana (Frontline AIDS)
• Christine Stegling (UNAIDS)
• Massougi Thiandoum (ANCS Senegal)
• Blessing Kumawu (Solace Initiative Ghana)
• Keren Dunaway (ICW Global)

Watch the livestream