Le Réseau juridique VIH (www.hivlegalnetwork.ca) œuvre à la promotion des droits humains des personnes vivant avec le VIH/sida ou vulnérables au VIH, au Canada et dans le monde, à l’aide de recherches et d’analyses, de plaidoyer et d’actions en contentieux, d’éducation du public et de mobilisation communautaire. Le Réseau juridique est l’organisme chef de file au Canada sur les enjeux juridiques et de droits de la personne liés au VIH/sida.
Ressources
Atmospheric Pressure: Russian Drug Policy as a Driver for Violations of the UN Convention against Torture
Année de publication : 2011Shadow Report to the UN Committee against Torture in relation to the review of the Fifth Periodic Report of the Russian Federation.This report considers facts, reasons for and conditions for mistreatment of drug users in Russia.
Information note regarding retaliation of the Government of the Russian Federation against the Andrey Rylkov Foundation for Health and Social Justice
Année de publication : 2012The Government of the Russian Federation has retaliated against and suppressed the activities of the Andrey Rylkov Foundation (ARF), including the exercising of its freedom of expression in promoting recommendations given by the UN Committee on Economic, Social and...
Mémoire présenté au Comité sénatorial permanent des affaires juridiques et constitutionnelles, au sujet de l’étude du projet de loi C-10
Année de publication : 2012Mémoire présenté en février 2012 au Comité sénatorial permanent des affaires juridiques et constitutionnelles, au sujet de l’étude du projet de loi C-10, Loi édictant la Loi sur la justice pour les victimes d’actes de terrorisme et modifiant la Loi sur...
When Science is Just a Decoration: Russian Drug Policy & the Right to Scientific Progress
Année de publication : 2012Communication to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the UN Independent Expert in the Field of Cultural Rights regarding violation by the Government of the Russian Federation of the right to enjoy the benefits of...
Submission to the UN Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review Working Group, 14th Session (2012) re: Review of Ukraine
Année de publication : 2012For the last 3 years the Government of Ukraine has undertaken some positive steps in order to fulfill its international human rights obligations regarding HIV prevention among people who inject drugs, including children. At the same time the Government’s...
Poverty Reduction in Focus: The real connection between development and drugs control — policy statement to the UN General Assembly
Année de publication : 2012"The concept note prepared by the Secretariat for the UN General Assembly session on drugs and development emphasizes the importance of drug-related crime and corruption as impediments to development and the realization of the Millennium Development Goals....
Submission to the UN Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review Working Group, Sixteenth Session (2012) re: Review of Russian Federation
Année de publication : 2012This report is focused on the implementation of recommendations given to the Government of the Russian Federation by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) regarding access to HIV prevention, drug treatment and overdose prevention among people...
Universal Periodic Review (Canada) — Submission to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (October 2012)
Année de publication : 2012This submission focusses on various aspects of Canada’s obligation to realize progressively the right to the highest attainable standard of health under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Article 12), and specifically the right...
Lettre de la Société candienne du sida — objet : Réforme des règlements pour l’usage de la marihuana à des fins médicales
Année de publication : 2013Auteur : Société candienne du sida (Réseau juridique canadien VIH/sida comme signataire)
Report to the International Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Année de publication : 2013As of January 1, 2012 there were 21,524 people living with HIV officially registered in Uzbekistan; 44.6% of them are identified as people who inject drugs. Injecting drug use is the main risk factor driving the epidemic in Uzbekistan.Authors: Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal...