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From:	Reshma Pattni
Subject:	Fwd: UNAIDS Human Rights Reference Group Mourns Robert Carr
Sent:	May 13th, 2011 - 12:46:33

	Please see the message below. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mabel Bianco Date: Fri, May 13, 2011 at 11:35 AM Subject: [cpd2011_isrrc] UNAIDS Human Rights Reference Group Mourns Robert Carr Dear friends: I'm sharing with you the tribute to Robert Carr from the UNAIDS Reference Group on HIV and Human Rights. Warm regards, Mabel Bianco FEIM / IAWC Member, UNAIDS Reference Group on HIV and Human Rights UNAIDS Human Rights Reference Group Mourns Robert Carr The UNAIDS Reference Group on HIV and Human Rights deeply mourns the death of Dr. Robert Carr, a world-renowned advocate for health and human rights and pioneer of the struggle for gay rights in the Caribbean. Among his many appointments, Robert was director of policy and advocacy at the International Council of AIDS Service Organizations (ICASO), a representative on the NGO delegation to the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board, and co-chair of the Global Forum on Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM) and HIV, which he co-founded. He previously served as executive director Jamaica AIDS Support for Life and co-founded Caribbean Vulnerable Communities, a network of indigenous frontline service providers working on rights-based programming with marginalized groups across the Caribbean. All who knew and worked with Robert admired his unique blend of gentleness, intelligence and fundamental humanity. Robert contributed to a deep understanding of the links between human rights violations and the spread of HIV in the Caribbean, the region of the world most affected by HIV after sub-Saharan Africa. He inspired legions of advocates in Jamaica and beyond to stand up for the rights and dignity of those most affected by HIV. A member of the UNAIDS Reference Group on HIV and Human Rights, Robert provided critical guidance to UNAIDS on issues of homophobia, stigma and discrimination, human rights-based programming, and many other aspects of HIV epidemics. He was cherished among Reference Group members and UNAIDS staff for his forthrightness, generosity and courage. Robert´s death leaves an impossible and irreplaceable hole in the lives of countless of his friends and admirers, and in the global response to HIV. Until the most marginalized in the Caribbean and around the world enjoy their full human rights and freedoms, Robert´s profound work will remain undone. May 12, 2011 UNAIDS Reference Group on HIV and Human Rights and affiliated UN staff Joe Amon, Mabel Bianco, Michaela Clayton (co-chair), Jonathan Cohen (co-chair), Balázs Dénes, Mandeep Dhaliwal (UNDP), Daouda Diouf, Anand Grover, Mark Heywood, Ralf Jürgens (secretariat), Anastasia Kamlyk, Michael Kirby, Betty Makoni, Terry McGovern, Abigail Noko (OHCHR), Gorik Ooms, Qiu Renzong, Gracia Violeta Ross, Meena Seshu, Jason Sigurdson (UNAIDS), Christine Stegling, Raminta Stuikyte, Susan Timberlake (UNAIDS) Watch this video of Robert Carr on human rights and HIV: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUFjpP5RH1U ------- End of forwarded message ------- ________________________________________________________ Fundacion para Estudio e Investigacion de la Mujer -FEIM- "Veinte años promoviendo los derechos de las mujeres y niñas" "Twenty years promoting women's and girls' rights" Parana 135 Piso 3 "13" (1017) \| Tel./Fax: (+54 11) 4372 2763 Buenos Aires - Argentina \| www.feim.org.ar -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ISRRC CPD 2011" group. To post to this group, send email to cpd2011isrrc (at) googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cpd2011isrrc+unsubscribe (at) googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cpd2011isrrc?hl=en. -- Reshma Pattni Program Director Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS, a program of TakingITGlobal reshma (at) gyca.org www.gyca.org www.tigweb.org (T) +1-212-661-6111 540 President St, 3rd Floor Brooklyn, NY 11215 USA GYCA is a youth-led global network of more than 5,000 young leaders and adult allies working on youth and HIV and AIDS in over 170 countries worldwide. GYCA's mission is to empower young leaders with the skills, knowledge, resources and opportunities they need to scale up HIV and AIDS interventions amongst their peers.