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.
RESOURCES
Exploring Avenues to Address Problematic Prosecutions Against People Living with HIV in Canada
Publication date: 2017In consultation with the community, federal and provincial governments must take action to limit HIV criminalization and bring the law in line with international recommendations, science and human rights as outlined in the attached brief.
Indigenous Communities: HIV, Privacy and Confidentiality
Publication date: 2017Knowing your rights and responsibilities when it comes to HIV disclosure, privacy and confidentiality is an important way to protect your privacy. This guide provides answers to common questions on disclosure, privacy and confidentiality in the health care settings,...
Indigenous Communities and HIV and HCV in Federal Prisons: Questions and Answers
Publication date: 2017This ‘Question and Answer’ booklet is for prisoners who identify as First Nations, Inuit and Métis, and who are imprisoned in a federal prison or healing lodge run by the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC).
Know Your Rights: Guide for Parents Living with HIV
Publication date: 2017This resource was produced for parents or prospective parents living with HIV, including women, transgender men and non-binary people. Its aim is to provide practical information and to foster knowledge about some of the main areas of concern that parents living with...
Know Your Rights: A Guide for Child and Family Service Providers Serving People Living with HIV
Publication date: 2017This guide was written for child and family service providers who provide support and assistance to people living with or affected by HIV.
Harm Reduction Services for Indigenous People Who Use Drugs: Questions and Answers
Publication date: 2017In Canada, Indigenous people experience higher rates of injection drug use and less access to health care than non-Indigenous people. For many Indigenous people, drug use offers a means of coping with traumatic life circumstances, including those related to their...
Sex Offender Registries: Fact Sheet
Publication date: 2017This fact sheet discusses common questions regarding sex offender registries in Canada in the context of the criminal law and HIV non-disclosure. This is general legal information and not legal advice. If you want legal advice specific to your situation, you should...
Letter to Toronto Police Services Board RE: Request for Feedback on Police “Street Checks”
Publication date: 2017The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network wishes to add our voice to the many calling for the immediate abolition of all aspects of “street checks” or “carding” used by the Toronto Police Service (TPS).
Educate Yourself about HIV Transmission
Publication date: 2017Earlier this year, the Legal Network, HALCO and PASAN produced a poster for people in prison to address common myths about HIV transmission. The poster will be posted in the Admitting and Discharge Area of all provincial correctional institutions in Ontario and in the...
Open Letter to Government Ministers RE: Renegotiating TPP
Publication date: 2017“We write to you in advance of Canada’s meeting with senior trade officials from TPP countries on May 2–3 in Toronto to map out the future of the agreement in light of the United States’ withdrawal. This meeting presents a critical opportunity for Canada to...