Human Rights- ­Components of State’s related issues Obligations • States should take steps to ensure that all individuals living with HIV are able to access reproductive health information, goods, and services, including access to perinatal care, skilled attendance during birth, emergency obstetric care, and medicines and technology essential to sexual and reproductive health. • States should develop ­scientifically accurate ­public education campaigns on HIV to raise awareness of the virus, including methods of transmission and prevention, and to reduce stigma against, and promote the rights of, individuals living with HIV. Assessing compliance • What steps has the State taken to respect the rights of individuals living with HIV to make voluntary decisions around childbearing, for instance by eliminating policies or programmes that promote or condone involuntary sterilization or abortion for women living with HIV? • To what extent has the State enacted, implemented, or enforced laws and policies to safeguard individuals living with HIV from discrimination in the private sphere, such as termination of an employee living with HIV? • What types of administrative or judicial safeguards has the State enacted to provide remedy and redress where an individual living with HIV has been denied essential health care based on his or her HIV status, or received abusive or discriminatory treatment in health care settings? 55