TABLE OF CONTENTS
FEATURES
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Human Rights in Vancouver: Do Injection Drug Users Have a Friend in City Hall?Recent Developments in Privacy Legislation
CANADIAN NEWS
- Supervised Injection Sites: Health Canada Approves Vancouver Pilot Sites, but Concerns Remain
- Health Canada Unveils Plan to Distribute Marijuana for Medical Use
- Clinical Trial on Medicinal Use of Marijuana Cancelled
- Ottawa Moves to Decriminalize Small Amounts of Marijuana
- Commons Committee Recommends Significant Increase in Funding for AIDS Strategy
- Ontario: Pressure from Stakeholders Leads to Improved Access to Selected Drugs
- Class Orders Now Possible under Ontario’s Public Health Legislation
- Commons Committee Calls for More Leadership and Resources to Fight AIDS in Africa
In Brief
- Saskatchewan Agrees to Cover New HCV and HIV Drugs
- Still No HIV/AIDS Strategy in New Brunswick
- Health Canada Announces Public Consultations on Proposed Health Legislation
- Woman Sues Physicians over Failure to Offer Prenatal HIV Test
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
- U.S. International AIDS Funding Will Also Advance a Moral Agenda
- Zambia: Judges Workshop Addresses HIV/AIDS
- UK Report on Migration and HIV Rejects Mandatory Testing
- Caribbean Nations Hold First Training Workshop on AIDS Laws and Policies
GLOBAL ACCESS TO TREATMENT
- Canada: National Summit on “Global Health is a Human Right!”
- Nigeria: HIV-Positive Woman Launches Suit after Being Denied Treatment
HIV/AIDS IN THE COURTS – CANADA
- Court Sets Aside Immigration Employment Authorization Containing HIV-Related Job Restrictions
- Immigration Removal Order Stayed on Humanitarian and Compassionate Grounds
- Immigration Act Medical Inadmissibility Provision Survives Constitutional Challenge
- Fear of Lack of Adequate Medical Care Not Well-Founded Fear of Persecution
- New Tainted-Blood Class Actions in Québec and Alberta
- Judge Refuses to Reduce Damage Award to HIV-Positive Man
- Infection Rates in Penitentiary Influence Judge’s Decision Not to Transfer Young Offender to Adult Court
HIV/AIDS IN THE COURTS – INTERNATIONAL
- Australia: Court Orders Doctors to Pay Damages to Woman Who Contracted HIV from Her Husband
- European Court of Human Rights Accepts Blood Donor Screening Based on Sexual Orientation
- U.S.: Court Rules Deportation of HIV-Positive Dominican Does Not Violate Convention Against Torture
- UK: Welsh Court Reduces Sentence, Cites HIV Status
- Asylum Seeker with AIDS Loses Fight against Relocation within the UK