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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Complementary Alternative Healthcare and HIV/AIDS
Publication date: 2012This is a series of five info sheets:What is CAM [complementary and alternative medicine]? Who Uses it and Why?Ethical Issues and the Use of CAMNatural Health Products: Regulatory IssuesRegulating CAM Practices and PractitionersKey Resources
Action on AIDS in Prisons: Too Little, Too Late A Report Card
Publication date: 2002This info sheet summarizes the main findings of a November 2002 report by the Legal Network, entitled “Action on HIV/AIDS in Prisons: Too Little, Too Late — A Report Card”
Know Your Rights 8: Disclosure, privacy and parenting
Publication date: 2014Number 8 in a series of brochures that address the privacy rights and disclosure obligations of people living with HIV in a variety of day-to-day contexts.
Know Your Rights 7: Disclosure in school and daycare
Publication date: 2014Number 7 in a series of brochures that address the privacy rights and disclosure obligations of people living with HIV in a variety of day-to-day contexts.
Know Your Rights 6: Privacy and health records
Publication date: 2014Number 6 in a series of brochures that address the privacy rights and disclosure obligations of people living with HIV in a variety of day-to-day contexts.
Know Your Rights 5: Disclosure as a patient
Publication date: 2014Number 5 in a series of brochures that address the privacy rights and disclosure obligations of people living with HIV in a variety of day-to-day contexts.
Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network Annual Report 2013-14
Publication date: 2014Reckless Endangerment — Q&A on Bill C-36: Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act
Publication date: 2014In December 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada unanimously decided that several parts of Canada’s Criminal Code dealing with prostitution are unconstitutional because they violate the rights of sex workers by undermining their health and safety. The Supreme Court...