A look at some
of the issues
surrounding women and
children's
rights and HIV/AIDS in
the oPt
By Nasser Al-Rayyes Al Haq he
recent
Al Haq
report into
the legalTframework for HIV/AIDS,
addresses the status of this
disease by shedding light on
the nature of the legislative
system that governs the
occupied Palestinian
territory (oPt). This system
is composed of a number
of inherited laws that had
been enacted by the different
countries governing the oPt
since the end of the Ottoman
empire, to the establishment
of the Palestinian National
Authority (PNA) following the
signing of the Oslo Accords in
1993. The report underlines
the fact that the legal system
regulating the oPt has a variety
of influences, including from the
Ottoman period, through to the
British mandate,Egyptian
and Jordanian
rule, Israeli military
orders, as well as legislation
enacted by the Palestinian
Legislative Council (PLC).From this combination of legal
influences, Al Haq's report sought to
identify legislation relating to health rights
in the oPt. The related legislation included the
amended basic law, labor law, social security law,
public health law, child law, personal status law,
education laws, and penal legislation.
