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
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...
Indigenous Women, HIV and Gender-Based Violence
Publication date: 2017This report synthesizes resources that jointly consider Indigenous women, HIV and gender-based violence and relevant recommendations for law reform.
Reducing Stigma and Discrimination Through the Protection of Privacy and Confidentiality
Publication date: 2017This resource explains the important role of privacy and confidentiality in reducing stigma and discrimination related to STBBIs, and offers frontline health and social service providers several strategies they can use to deal with issues related to privacy,...
Harm Reduction in Canada: What Governments Need to do Now
Publication date: 2017Canada is in urgent need of comprehensive harm reduction policy that jettisons the failed, costly model of drug prohibition that has ravaged so many lives, from fueling the spread of HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV), to contributing to over-incarceration, to creating...
Brief to the Standing Committee on Social Policy Regarding Bill 96, The Anti-Human Trafficking Act 2017
Publication date: 2017We urge the Standing Committee on Social Policy to uphold the human rights of sex workers by rejecting Bill 96, the Anti-Human Trafficking Act 2017, as it does not help end trafficking but endangers the safety and security of vulnerable people, particularly migrant...
Submission to the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration on Medical Inadmissability
Publication date: 2017“In Canada, people seeking permanent resident status or temporary residence as students or workers can be rejected on the basis of their HIV status due to the ‘excessive demand’ provision of Canada’s laws governing medical inadmissibility. “We recommend that the...
Letter to provinces and territories Re: Healthy drug policy: Bill C-37 and beyond
Publication date: 2017“We, the undersigned, write to you respecting the recent passage into law of Bill C-37, An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and to make related amendments to other Acts. As you well know, the intent of this law is to facilitate the scaling up of...
Words. Action. Impact. Annual Report 2016–2017
Publication date: 2017Highlights of our work in Canada and around the world from April 1, 2016, to March 31, 2017.