Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2005
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PDF
Resource Type:
Report
Global Networking for AIDS, Law and Human Rights was a one-day satellite held on 12 August 2006 in Toronto, Canada, in conjunction with the XVI International Conference on HIV/AIDS. Invitations to the satellite were extended to leaders from around the world in the...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2005
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PDF
TABLE OF CONTENTSFEATURESInjection drug use, HIV/AIDS and incarceration: evidence from the Vancouver Injection Drug Users StudyLegal Network report calls for decriminalization of prostitution in CanadaCANADIAN DEVELOPMENTSReport calls for changes to the law to improve...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2005
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Fact sheet
This is a series of 10 info sheets examining the need for reform to Canada’s prostitution laws to protect and promote the health and human rights of sex workers.Decriminalizing sex work(ers): law reform to protect health and human rightsSex workers and HIV/AIDS:...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2005
Format:
PDF
TABLE OF CONTENTSFEATURESThe criminalization of HIV transmission in England and Wales: questions of law and policyCANADIAN DEVELOPMENTSHIV disclosure no longer required on application form for temporary resident visaSafer tattooing piloted in six federal...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2005
Format:
PDF
The use of needle exchange programs (NEPs) has been associated with reductions in HIV infection in a number of settings. However, questions regarding NEP efficacy have persisted, and have been partially fuelled by misinterpretations of an early evaluation of NEP use...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2005
Format:
PDF
TABLE OF CONTENTSFEATURESHIV/AIDS and human rights: we’ve only just begunA long way from there to here: human rights approaches to HIV/AIDS in a local settingProtection against discrimination based on HIV/AIDS status in Canada: the legal frameworkCANADIAN...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2005
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Fact sheet
This work is part of larger, ongoing efforts to ensure that people living with HIV/AIDS, and especially those from developing countries, do not encounter unnecessary barriers in seeking to visit Canada.
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2005
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
With this report, the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network seeks to contribute to the informed development of the laws, policies and programs people living with HIV/AIDS in Canada rely upon to provide them with income security when they are unable to meet their income...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2005
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Fact sheet
Ce travail s’inscrit dans des efforts plus vastes et soutenus pour assurer que les personnes vivant avec le VIH/sida, et en particulier de pays en développement, ne rencontrent pas d’obstacles superflus dans leur projet de visiter le Canada pour le Congrès...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2005
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Fact sheet
This is a series of six info sheets on the disability income and other benefit programs people living with HIV/AIDS in Canada rely upon:HIV/AIDS and income insecurityEmployment Insurance sickness benefitLong-term disability insuranceCanada and Quebec Pension Plan...
