The HIV Legal Network (www.hivlegalnetwork.ca) promotes the human rights of people living with and vulnerable to HIV/AIDS, in Canada and internationally, through research and analysis, advocacy and litigation, public education and community mobilization. The Legal Network is Canada’s leading advocacy organization working on the legal and human rights issues raised by HIV/AIDS.
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Know your rights on drug laws for Indigenous people who use drugs
Publication date: 2024HIV and the criminal law in Canada
Publication date: 2023Hard time persists: Healthcare and harm reduction for Indigenous people in prison
Publication date: 2025Respect, Protect, Fulfill: A Human Rights Response to HIV: Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network Strategic Plan 2017-2022
Publication date: 2017In 2016, we undertook a planning process to set our strategic directions for the next five years (2017–2022), including seeking the input of our members, key partners and supporters. This is a summary of the Legal Network’s 2017–2022 strategic plan.
Respect, Protect, Fulfill: A Human Rights Response to HIV
Publication date: 2018The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network’s strategic plan, Respect, Protect, Fulfill: A Human Rights Response to HIV sets out the goals for the organization over the next five years.
Time to act on harm reduction promises: Open Letter to the Liberal Party of Canada
Publication date: 2018Drug policy is at a critical juncture in Canada, and we need our elected representatives to put even greater emphasis on public health objectives and outcomes, respecting human rights for all. Welcome steps have been taken on this front following the 2015 election,...
Open Letter to the Liberal Party of Canada – Decriminalize Sex Work: Support Resolution #2764
Publication date: 2018It is now well recognized, not just by sex workers but by a wide range of human rights organizations including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women, and the Center for Health and Gender Equity, United Nations bodies...
Immigration and Travel to Canada for People Living with HIV: Questions and Answers
Publication date: 2018People living with HIV are allowed to travel to Canada. However, HIV status is one factor considered by the Government of Canada when deciding if a person can stay in Canada for an extended period of time. This Q&A provides information on how Canadian immigration...
Letter to Minister of Canadian Heritage RE: Reinstatement of the Court Challenges Program
Publication date: 2017“We commend your government’s decision to restore funding to the Court Challenges Program (CCP). We applaud your commitment to ‘work continuously to make Canada more diverse, inclusive and equitable.’ And we share the Minister of Justice’s expectation that...
Factum of the Interveners at the Supreme Court of Canada: R. V. Lloyd
Publication date: 2016“Globally, prisons disproportionately incarcerate people from marginalized communities, who, in turn, are disproportionately affected by conditions such as drug dependence, HIV, and hepatitis C virus. … Section 5(3)(a)(i)(D) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances...