Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS, International Issues Subcommittee [Transcript]

20
1 be accountability and that there be a champion of this, and
2 the selection of that person will probably make all the
3 difference in terms of whether it's just another committee
4 or whether it's actually a genuine effort to make the
5 President's commitment come true.
6 PARTICIPANT: Every time I hear you, I feel
7 better.
8 I want to raise this possibility. If what you
9 say is absolutely true, and I really believe it, this is
10 more than an ethical question. We are in the era now of
11 special counsels. This is a legal question, a
12 Constitutional question, I think. Here you have a
13 situation if, in fact, it can be absolutely proved in a
14 court of law, I would be amazed that someone from the
15 community who is suffering from this illness wouldn't bring
16 a class action suit to get all the facts out. Do you think
17 this is an approach?
18 DR. MANN: Well, you raised this earlier, and I
19 took your point very much about the need to constantly
20 evolve in order to remain true to oneself. That is, if the
21 advocacy of an issue is (inaudible), then you can't keep
22 (inaudible). You have to keep finding evolving ways of
23 moving forward.
24 I think that presenting a case regarding human
25 rights violations is occurring here, and again, not a
26 violation of the rights of Ugandans, a violation of the

FREILICHER & ASSOCIATES, COURT REPORTERS
[phone]