The HIV Legal Network (www.hivlegalnetwork.ca) promotes the human rights of people living with and vulnerable to HIV/AIDS, in Canada and internationally, through research and analysis, advocacy and litigation, public education and community mobilization. The Legal Network is Canada’s leading advocacy organization working on the legal and human rights issues raised by HIV/AIDS.
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Respect, Protect and Fulfill: Legislating for Women’s Rights in the Context of HIV/AIDS — Volume Two. Module 5: Inheritance
Publication date: 2009This project consists of eight modules in two volumes:Volume One: Sexual and Domestic ViolenceRape and Sexual AssaultDomestic ViolenceVolume Two: Family and Property IssuesMarriageDomestic PartnershipsProperty in MarriageDivorceInheritanceImplementation...
Respect, Protect and Fulfill: Legislating for Women’s Rights in the Context of HIV/AIDS — Volume Two. Module 4: Divorce
Publication date: 2009This project consists of eight modules in two volumes:Volume One: Sexual and Domestic ViolenceRape and Sexual AssaultDomestic ViolenceVolume Two: Family and Property IssuesMarriageDomestic PartnershipsProperty in MarriageDivorceInheritanceImplementation...
Respect, Protect and Fulfill: Legislating for Women’s Rights in the Context of HIV/AIDS — Volume Two. Module 3: Property in Marriage
Publication date: 2009This project consists of eight modules in two volumes:Volume One: Sexual and Domestic ViolenceRape and Sexual AssaultDomestic ViolenceVolume Two: Family and Property IssuesMarriageDomestic PartnershipsProperty in MarriageDivorceInheritanceImplementation...
Respect, Protect and Fulfill: Legislating for Women’s Rights in the Context of HIV/AIDS — Volume Two. Module 2: Domestic Partnerships
Publication date: 2009This project consists of eight modules in two volumes:Volume One: Sexual and Domestic ViolenceRape and Sexual AssaultDomestic ViolenceVolume Two: Family and Property IssuesMarriageDomestic PartnershipsProperty in MarriageDivorceInheritanceImplementation...
Respect, Protect and Fulfill: Legislating for Women’s Rights in the Context of HIV/AIDS — Volume Two. Module 1: Marriage
Publication date: 2009This project consists of eight modules in two volumes:Volume One: Sexual and Domestic ViolenceRape and Sexual AssaultDomestic ViolenceVolume Two: Family and Property IssuesMarriageDomestic PartnershipsProperty in MarriageDivorceInheritanceImplementation...
Respect, Protect and Fulfill: Legislating for Women’s Rights in the Context of HIV/AIDS — Volume Two: Family and Property Issues
Publication date: 2009This project draws together international human rights law and illustrative examples from various jurisdictions as the basis for a legal framework to respect, protect and promote women’s rights in the context of HIV/AIDS. It is intended as a tool to assist...
Respect, Protect and Fulfill: Legislating for Women’s Rights in the Context of HIV/AIDS — Volume One: Sexual and Domestic Violence
Publication date: 2009This project draws together international human rights law and illustrative examples from various jurisdictions as the basis for a legal framework to respect, protect and promote women’s rights in the context of HIV/AIDS. It is intended as a tool to assist...
Using Rights and the Law to Reduce Women’s Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS — A Discussion Paper
Publication date: 2006The objective of this paper is to begin to identify a variety of short-term legal and rights-based strategies that can mitigate the immediate impact of HIV/AIDS in terms of HIV prevention and improving the lives of women who are infected and affected by HIV/AIDS.This...
Accessibility of HIV Prevention, Treatment and Care Services for People who Use Drugs and Incarcerated People in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan: Legislative and Policy Analysis and Recommendations for Reform
Publication date: 2010This report analyses national programmes on HIV and drug control, administrative and criminal laws, and relevant governmental decrees and ministerial orders which were in effect in 2007–2009 in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and...
Under the Skin: A People’s Case for Prison Needle and Syringe Programs
Publication date: 2010What do people in prison have to say about the Canadian government’s unwillingness to permit the distribution of clean needles in prison?Between 2008 and 2009, interviews were conducted in person and over the phone in British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba,...