HIV/AIDS Policy and Law Review 8(1) April 2003

TABLE OF CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

FEATURES

• The UNGASS Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS: One Year Later
  The UNGASS Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS: A Review of Legislation in Six Southern African Countries

CANADIAN NEWS

• Mandatory HIV Testing Used to Bar Potential Immigrants
• Troubled Times for Canada’s Medical Marijuana Program
• House of Commons Committee Holds Hearings on AIDS
• Survey Reveals Human Rights Abuses in Alberta
• Home Care and Prescription Drugs to Be Funded Under Medicare
• Study Shows Aboriginals Who Inject Drugs Are at Higher Risk for HIV

In Brief

• Study Questions Effectiveness of the War on Drugs
• War on Drugs Very Much Alive in Surrey, BC
• HIV Now Reportable in BC
• Ontario Proclaims Blood Samples Legislation, Delays Privacy Bill
• Second Methadone Clinic Opens in NB
• House of Commons Committee to Review Sex-Trade Laws
• HIV Edmonton Faces Discrimination during Office Relocation
• Work Underway to Develop a Strategic Plan for the AIDS Strategy
• Quebec Adopts Anti-Poverty Law

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

• Law Reform in the UK
• UK Doctors Given New Guidance on Revealing HIV Test and Sexual History to Insurers
• UK Blood Tests for New Health-Care Workers
• AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa
• Sexual Abuse and HIV/AIDS in Zambia
• Community Consultation on Indian AIDS Bill
• Singapore HIV Blood Testing Spat Highlights Research Links with Human Rights
• Costa Rican Ombudsman Tackles HIV/AIDS
• Taiwan Electronic Health Record Plan Raises Privacy Concerns
• Australian Workshop Puts Auditing in Perspective: egulatory Tool, Moribund Remedy, or Democratic Champion?
• "Abstinence Only until Marriage": US Approach Undermining HIV Prevention

GLOBAL ACCESS TO TREATMENT

• WTO: Failure to Meet Deadline on Doha Commitments Regarding Access to Generic Drugs
• South Africa: Treatment Action Campaign Steps Up Pressure
• Canadian Supreme Court Upholds, but Limits AZT Patent
• Canada/US: Competition Bureau Will Not Investigate GSK Efforts to Stop Cross-Border Sales by Internet Pharmacies
• Vaccine Trial Results Generate Debate and Calls for Further Research
• Honduras: Government Intimidates People with HIV/AIDS Asserting Right to Medicines
• Jamaica: Petition for Antiretroviral Drugs Filed
• Canadian Students Join Struggle for Access to Treatment

HIV/AIDS IN PRISONS

• Canada: CBC "Releases" CSC Report on Infectious Diseases Prevention and Control
• Canada: New Report on HIV, HCV, and Women Prisoners
• Canada: Community Stakeholders Withdraw from Consultation Processes with CSC
• Alberta Court Orders Methadone Maintenance Therapy for Prisoner on Interim Basis
• Russia: New Criminal Process Code Promises a More Tolerant Incarceration Policy
• Review of Prison-Based Needle Exchange Programs Published
• South African Prisoner Wins Payout after Prison HIV Infection

In Brief

• Alberta Bill Aimed at Cracking Down on Drug Use
• CDC Recommendations on HCV
• US:Two Million Inmates, and Counting
• US: New Prevention Strategy Released

HIV/AIDS IN THE COURTS – CANADA

• Marihuana Medical Access Regulations Unconstitutional Because They Do Not Provide for Legal Source or Supply of Marijuana
• Possession of Cannabis Legal for Now
• Criminal Charges against Marijuana Compassion Club Volunteers Stayed on Constitutional Grounds
• Inquest Jury Recommends Fundamental Change to Ontario Welfare System
• Taxi Passenger Accidentally Stuck by Syringe Awarded $15,000
• CPP Same-Sex Survivors Class Action to Proceed on a National Basis
• Criminal Law and HIV Transmission/Exposure: Two New Cases

HIV/AIDS IN THE COURTS – INTERNATIONAL

• South Africa: Constitutional Court Rejects Constitutional Challenge to Law Criminalizing Prostitution
• European Court of Human Rights Agrees to Hear Challenge to Long-Term "Preventive Detention" of HIV-Positive Man
• United Kingdom: HIV-Positive Asylum Seeker Denied Judicial Review of Removal Decision
• United Kingdom: Denying Children’s Milk Allowance to HIV-Positive Mother Seeking Asylum Is Discriminatory
• United Kingdom: HIV Status, Psychiatric Problems of Asylum Seeker Did Not Stop Removal
• India: Supreme Court Resiles from Earlier Statements Denying Right to Marry
• Venezuela: Tribunal Affirms Rights of HIV-Positive Football Player
• US: Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Case of Fired HIV-Positive Dental Hygienist
• Australia: Court Reduces Prison Sentence of Person with HIV
• Malaysia: Damages Awarded after Mother Infected through Transfusion during Pregnancy
• Criminal Law and HIV Transmission/Exposure: Another Swedish Case