Global Fund adds human rights procedure to its grantmaking policy
Howard Lake | 28 April 2015 | News
The Global Fund partnership has added a human rights complaints procedure to help ensure that its grantmaking activities protect and promote human rights.
The Fund will now accept complains from any individual that believes that any of five minimum human rights standards is being violated by an implementer of Global Fund grants. All information will remain confidential, and anyone making a complaint can also choose to remain anonymous.
The Global Fund is a partnership between governments, civil society, the private sector and people affected by the diseases of AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. It grants nearly US$4 billion a year to support programmes run by local experts in countries and communities most in need. It focus on combating
Inspector General Mouhamadou Diagne said:
“The Global Fund needs to know about any human rights infringements in the programs we support. We encourage all to speak up using our whistle-blowing channels which are free, safe and confidential.”
Human rights standards
The five minimum human rights standards are:
• non-discriminatory access to services for all, including people in detention;
• employing only scientifically sound and approved medicines or medical practices;
• not employing methods that constitute torture or that are cruel, inhuman or degrading;
• respecting and protecting informed consent, confidentiality and the right to privacy concerning medical testing, treatment or health services rendered;
• and avoiding medical detention and involuntary isolation, to be used only as a last resort.
The whistleblowing facility is designed to help The Global Fund partnership remove human rights barriers that could reduce access to health programmes and undermine efforts to end HIV, TB and malaria as epidemics.
Image: whistleblower by Slavolubj Pantelic on Shutterstock.com
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