IAS Policy Paper on HIV specific travel and residence restrictions

1. The International AIDS Society (IAS) regards HIV-specific restrictions on entry, stay and residence as stigmatizing, discriminatory and contrary to effective public health programming. The IAS will continue to work through our membership and in partnership with other leading public health and advocacy organizations to monitor and eliminate such laws and practices.

2. The International AIDS Society will not hold its conferences in a country that imposes HIV-specific entry restrictions and/or requires prospective visitors to declare their HIV status on visa application forms or other documentation required for entry into the country.

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