A Second Look at Korea's "Lifting" of its HIV Travel Ban
Topic(s): Discrimination, Immigration, International Travel and Refugees, Testing, Privacy and Confidentiality
by David Cozac | 23 February 2010 | 0 Comments
Can rules be changed when they aren't changed? What may appear to be a purely metaphysical question is creating some real-world confusion in the Republic of Korea.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon recently applauded South Korea's announced lifting of its entry ban on HIV-positive foreigners. UNAIDS executive director Michel Sidibe also extolled the move, effective January 1, as an important step in the effort to realize the global freedom of movement for people living with HIV. But the reality appears to be more complex.
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