HIV/AIDS Policy & Law Review 15(1) October 2010

FEATURE

CANADIAN DEVELOPMENTS

HIV prevalence in prison is 15 times greater than in the community as a whole
New study puts forth HIV treatment as prevention
Keeping a common bawdy house becomes a “serious offence” under Criminal Code
Vaccine initiative money reallocated; emphasis placed on research and mother-to-child transmission
New legislation to improve Canada’s refugee system troubles advocates

In brief

Saskatchewan: HIV infection rate double the national average
Federal government’s Truth in Sentencing Act threatens to cost billions of dollars and increase prison population
HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis Parliamentary Caucus forms in Ottawa

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS

Bills in Uganda would infringe upon rights of homosexuals and people living with HIV/AIDS
Malawi: President pardons convicted same-sex couple
United States of America: Obama administration calls for an end to state criminalization of HIV transmission

In brief

Kenya: government to draft policy on HIV and injecting drug use Azerbaijan: new law on HIV includes harm reduction
Taiwan: government to introduce methadone treatment in prisons
Swaziland: prisoners to receive HIV testing and counselling
Uzbekistan: government criminalizes negligent HIV infection
China: hospital refuses to treat HIV-positive woman
Gay marriage legalized in Mexico City and in Argentina

HIV/AIDS IN THE COURTS — CANADA

HIV-positive Haitian man’s application for immigration judicial review dismissed
BREAKING: Ontario court strikes down prostitution-related provisions of Criminal Code
Criminal law and cases of HIV transmission or exposure

HIV/AIDS IN THE COURTS — INTERNATIONAL

In brief

Zambia: court awards damages to two former military officers in mandatory HIV screening case
United States of America: HIV-positive man wins $1.25 million in a privacy case
Egypt: new pricing system threatens the availability of generic drugs
Kenya: court considers issue of access to affordable medicines
Namibia: HIV-positive women sue the government over forced sterilization
Kenya: two tuberculosis patients sentenced to prison

AIDS 2010: LAW, ETHICS AND HUMAN RIGHTS

The Vienna Declaration: a call for drug policy reform
HIV/AIDS and drug policy: a new approach for law enforcement
Policy advocacy for female injecting drug users in Eastern and Central Europe
Criminalization of HIV transmission or exposure: global extent, impact and the way forward
Criminalization of HIV transmission or exposure in eight Latin American countries
The impact of a state criminal HIV exposure law on residents living with HIV in the USA
Switzerland: exclusion of a healthcare professional because he was HIV-positive
Using the courts to secure positive law reform for women in Malawi
South Africa: Durban’s ante-natal clinic environment and its impact on a woman’s choice to test for HIV during pregnancy
Namibia: litigating the cases of sterilization without informed consent of HIV-positive women
Integrating sexual and reproductive health and rights and HIV/AIDS in South Africa
Health consequences of pre-trial detention in Zambian prisons
Emerging human rights issues in China’s response to HIV/AIDS
Europe: securing legal protection against expulsion for HIV-positive migrants
New ILO standard on HIV rejects discrimination against HIV-positive workers
Zambian court issues groundbreaking decision concerning HIV testing without informed consent
Vulnerabilities and rights of migrant sex workers in Europe
Implications of PEPFAR’s anti-prostitution pledge for HIV prevention among organizations working with sex workers

SECOND ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM ON HIV/AIDS, LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS

Introduction
Panel: Criminalization of HIV non-disclosure — new development and community responses
Panel: Overcoming exclusion — current research and legal issues in Canadian immigration policy for people living with HIV
Panel: Our bodies, our health — a more comprehensive understanding of maternal health and HIV