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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Consent: Community Engagement Discussion Guide
Publication date: 2016This Discussion Guide was created for people who want to use the film Consent: HIV non-disclosure and sexual assault law to engage colleagues, clients, students and communities on the use of sexual assault law to criminalize HIV non-disclosure in Canada. It is meant...
Promoting Smart Policy on Drugs: Brief to the Minister of Health
Publication date: 2016“The UN General Assembly Special Session on the World Drug Problem (UNGASS) in April 2016 is a significant opportunity for Canada, in collaboration with other Member States, specialized UN agencies and civil society organizations, to: engage in an open and honest...
The UNGASS Outcome document: Diplomacy or Denialism? – Civil Society Statement
Publication date: 2016“We, the undersigned civil society organisations, representing drug policy expertise and affected communities worldwide, express our serious concerns about the preparations and draft Outcome Document for the UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on the ‘world...
Joint Statement with the International Aids Alliance RE: Panel on HIV and Human Rights at 31st Session of the Human Rights Council
Publication date: 2016“We welcome the HRC acknowledgement that the full realization of human rights is an essential element in the global AIDS response. Today, more than 30 years into the AIDS epidemic, we have the knowledge, tools and the experience to end AIDS; but it will be...
Brief to the Toronto Board of Health Regarding Supervised Injection Services in Toronto
Publication date: 2016“The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, HALCO and ARCH appreciate the opportunity to comment on the (March 7, 2016) Report from the Medical Officer of Health to the Toronto Board of Health on the integration of supervised injection services into existing clinical health...
Ungass 2016: Recommendations to Canada for Promoting Smart Policy on Drugs
Publication date: 2016In February 2016, the National UNGASS Working Group (supported by the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition and Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network) delivered a brief to Canada’s federal government, outlining 10 priority recommendations to inform the ongoing negotiations at the...
Cannabis Regulation and the UN Drug Treaties: Strategies for Reform
Publication date: 2016As jurisdictions enact reforms creating legal access to cannabis for purposes other than exclusively “medical and scientific,” tensions surrounding the existing UN drug treaties and evolving law and practice in Member States continue to grow. How might governments and...
Canada Can’t Wait: The Time for Prison-Based Needle and Syringe Programs is Now
Publication date: 2016“We, the undersigned, represent many different communities and interests. But today we speak with one voice, firmly committed to health and human rights, in support of desperately needed prison-based needle and syringe programs (PNSPs) in Canada. The time for PNSPs is...
Turning Point: Annual Report 2015-2016
Publication date: 2016Highlights of our work in Canada and around the world from April 1, 2015, to March 31, 2016.
Don’t Trade Away Health: An Open Letter to the North American Leader’s Summit
Publication date: 2016“As civil society organizations concerned about access to medicines, in your three countries and globally, we write to you in advance of your North American Leaders’ Summit in Ottawa on June 29. The summit is an important opportunity to demonstrate human rights...