FEATURES
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Legislation contagion: the spread of problematic new HIV laws in Western AfricaDrug treatment courts in Canada: an evidence-based reviewUse of soft law to address HIV/AIDS in Southeast Asia
CANADIAN DEVELOPMENTS
- Supervised injection facility granted another temporary extension; legal action launched
- First test of WTO mechanism for procuring generic medicines under compulsory licence, via Canada’s Access to Medicines Regime
- Two Charter challenges launched against Canada’s sex work laws
- Conservative government announces new anti-drug strategy
- Ottawa: Crack pipe program cancelled by city council
In brief
- Alberta proclaims law authorizing forced HIV testing
- Anonymous HIV tests made available in Manitoba
- New 60-second HIV test available in Ontario
- Safer needles mandated for Ontario healthcare facilities
- Two new studies confirm higher hepatitis C and HIV infection among inmate populations
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
- South Africa: Firing of Deputy Health Minister Madlala-Routledge
- China: Two steps forward, one step back for new AIDS rights organization
- Thailand: Report analyses barriers to ART for people who inject drugs
- Botswana and Swaziland: Report links violations of women’s rights to HIV
- UN agencies issue new guidelines for HIV testing
In brief
- Singapore retains Penal Code provision criminalizing sex between men
- APEC: Members adopt broad HIV workplace guidelines
HIV/AIDS IN THE COURTS — CANADA
- Senior administrators of blood system acquitted of criminal charges in tainted blood tragedy
- Federal Court says Crown not liable for HIV-positive inmate’s illness
- Criminal law and HIV transmission or exposure: four new cases
In brief
- Application for judicial review allowed in case of HIV-positive refugee claimant
- HIV/AIDS educator’s application to stop deportation rejected
- Federal Court rejects motion to stop deportation of HIV-positive woman to Zambia
- Court of Appeal rules that HIV status is not a reason for denying contact between child and parent
- Settlement approved in case of improperly sterilized medical equipment
- Claimants must establish entitlement to have damages assessed by HIV fund’s referee
HIV/AIDS IN THE COURTS — INTERNATIONAL
- India: Court upholds patent law denying patents for slightly modified versions of existing drugs
- Pardon granted to health care workers sentenced to death by Libyan court
- U.N. Committee holds that Columbia failed to protect right to benefits for same sex couple
- South Africa: Constitutional Court protects privacy rights of people living with HIV
- Criminal law and HIV/AIDS: two new cases
In brief
- Central Asia: Several HIV outbreaks linked to transfusions of tainted blood and poor sanitary conditions in hospitals
- Russia: Courts find authorities responsible in two cases of HIV transmission in hospitals
SPECIAL SECTION — THE LAW AND HEALTH INITIATIVE: LINKING HIV/AIDS AND HUMAN RIGHTS
- Putting law and human rights on the agenda: an introduction to the articles in this special section
- Integrating health, psychosocial and legal support for pregnant women in South Africa
- Increasing access to HIV testing and counselling while respecting human rights
- Comprehensive care: palliative care and legal services in South Africa
- Legal aid works! Harm reduction and legal services in Poltava, Ukraine
- Georgia: Anti-drug law violates human rights
- First HIV legal precedent in Kyrgyzstan: breach of medical privacy
- Swaziland: Widows fighting for their rights
- Responding to the rising tide of calls for the criminalization of HIV transmission in southern Africa
- Home-based care: who is responsible?
- Documenting human rights violations against sex workers in Kenya