Second Annual Awards for Action on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights / Prix de L'Action control le VIH/sida et pour les droits humains

A document describing the nomination process and the results of the Second Annual Awards for Action on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights held in Montreal on September 12, 2003. Laurence Stocking was the Canadian award recipient, honoured for his activism to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS among prisoners and to ensure access to comprehensive HIV/AIDS services within the Canadian prison system. The AIDS Law Project of South Africa was the international recipient of the award, honoured for its precedent-setting litigation in challenging discrimination and human rights violations of people with HIV/AIDS.