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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HIV/AIDS and Discrimination: A Discussion Paper
Publication date: 1998The Discussion Paper reviews:definitions of discrimination that are current in Canada and internationally;the nature of stigma, discrimination, and vulnerability in the context of the HIV epidemic;stigma and discrimination that people with HIV/AIDS currently...
HIV Testing and Confidentiality: Final Report
Publication date: 2001The Report contains a re-examination of the issues raised by HIV testing and confidentiality in Canada.The main question addressed is whether new developments warrant a departure from the "general principle governing HIV antibody testing in Canada." In...
HIV, Disability and Human Rights — Opportunities offered by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Publication date: 2008There are many links between HIV and (other) disabilities. As a result, there are growing calls for partnership between HIV activists and disability activists in responding to human rights concerns, including discrimination.
HIV/AIDS and HCV in Prisons — A Select Annotated Bibliography (Second edition)
Publication date: 2007This document, written by former Legal Network Executive Director Ralf Jürgens and published by Health Canada, aims to:increase knowledge of and access to the literature on issues related to HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C virus (HCV) in prisons; andincrease the capacity of...
Nothing About Us Without Us — Greater, meaningful involvement of people who use illegal drugs: A public health, ethical, and human rights imperative (International edition)
Publication date: 2008This report examines — from an international perspective — why it is important to increase meaningful involvement of people who use illegal drugs in the response to HIV and hepatitis C (HCV), and how this can be done.
Gay and Lesbian Legal Issues and HIV/AIDS: Final Report
Publication date: 1998reviews how, historically, gay men and lesbians have suffered persistent patterns of discrimination and persecution, and how the advent of HIV and AIDS has intensified and extended discrimination against them;provides a detailed analysis of how, in 1998, Canadian law...
Discrimination, HIV/AIDS and Aboriginal People (Second Edition)
Publication date: 1999The Discussion Paper examines issues raised for the Aboriginal community by HIV/AIDS-related discrimination, based on interviews with individuals working in the field of HIV/AIDS and Aboriginal people, and on research conducted by the author.
Criminal Law and HIV/AIDS: Final Report
Publication date: 1996The Final Report and its appendices review the cases of criminal prosecution that have arisen in Canada; the academic commentary; policy recommendations from various groups and organizations; proposed amendments to the Criminal Code; and the comments on the...
Courting Rights: Case Studies in Litigating the Human Rights of People Living with HIV
Publication date: 2006This publication summarizes selected cases in three thematic areas where there has been considerable litigation aimed at protecting and promoting the human rights of people living with HIV, namely:HIV-related discrimination;access to HIV-related treatment; andHIV...
Complementary Alternative Healthcare and HIV/AIDS: Legal, Ethical and Policy Issues in Regulation
Publication date: 2002The paper:discusses the difficulties in defining the precise scope of the field of complementary and/or alternative medicine;reviews the available evidence regarding the use of CAM by Canadians generally;reviews the available evidence regarding the use of CAM by...