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 Policy & Law Review 13(2/3) December 2008
Publication date: 2008FEATURELegislation contagion: building resistanceCANADIAN DEVELOPMENTSResults of the first North American prescription heroin study are promisingNew excessive demand policy for immigration applicantsBritish Columbia adopts E-Health Act(Most) political parties...
HIV/AIDS Policy & Law Review 14(1) May 2009
Publication date: 2009FEATURESCriminalization confusion and concerns: the decade since the Cuerrier decision“Patients, not criminals”? An assessment of Thailand’s compulsory drug dependence treatment systemCANADIAN DEVELOPMENTSB.C. medical officers of health seek more...
HIV/AIDS Policy & Law Review 14(2) December 2009
Publication date: 2009FEATUREClean switch: the case for prison needle and syringe programsCANADIAN DEVELOPMENTSQuebec’s funding cut endangers study on alternative treatment for people addicted to heroinConstitutionality of gay blood donor ban challenged in courtIn briefReport:...
HIV/AIDS Policy & Law Review 14(3) June 2010
Publication date: 2010FEATURESCriminalizing HIV transmission or exposure: the context of francophone West and Central AfricaMSM law in francophone Africa and the fight against AIDS: the hypocrisy of certain countriesCANADIAN DEVELOPMENTSBritish Columbia project seeks to improve access to...
HIV/AIDS Policy & Law Review 15(1) October 2010
Publication date: 2010FEATURERedoubling global efforts to support HIV/AIDS and human rightsCANADIAN DEVELOPMENTSHIV prevalence in prison is 15 times greater than in the community as a wholeNew study puts forth HIV treatment as preventionKeeping a common bawdy house becomes a “serious...
Revue VIH/sida, droit et politiques 15(2) avril 2011
Publication date: 2011DOSSIERAnalyse des lois et politiques sur la prévention, le traitement et les soins en matière de VIH, pour les personnes qui font usage de drogue et les personnes incarcérées en Asie centrale et en AzerbaïdjanDÉVELOPPEMENTS AU CANADAVers la mise en place de sites...
HIV/AIDS Policy & Law Review 15(3) October 2011
Publication date: 2011FEATUREBedford v. Canada: a paradigmatic case toward ensuring the human and health rights of sex workersA tale of two cases: urging caution in the prosecution of HIV non-disclosureCANADIAN DEVELOPMENTSSenate stalling derails bill to fix Canada’s law on...
HIV/AIDS Policy & Law Review 16 — May 2012
Publication date: 2012FEATURES — TREATMENT AS PREVENTION: ASSESSING THE HUMAN RIGHTS AND ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS CANADIAN DEVELOPMENTS Federal government’s omnibus crime legislation becomes lawAlberta orders end to distribution of crack pipes in CalgaryNew research...
Commonwealth HIV and AIDS Action Group letter re murder of David Kato, gay human rights activist in Uganda
Publication date: 2011Commonwealth HIV and AIDS Action Group letter re murder of David Kato, gay human rights activist in Uganda
Joint NGO Statement to UN Human Rights Council,16th Session re: sexual orientation, gender identity and human rights
Publication date: 2011"…[We] speak to issues of sexual orientation, gender identity and human rights, on behalf of 119 NGOs (21 ECOSOC-accredited) from over 60 countries (see attached list), and more than 300+ participants from 23 countries who endorsed the Joint Statement...