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.
RESOURCES
Sex, Work, Rights: Reforming Canadian criminal laws on prostitution
Publication date: 2005This is a series of 10 info sheets examining the need for reform to Canada’s prostitution laws to protect and promote the health and human rights of sex workers.Decriminalizing sex work(ers): law reform to protect health and human rightsSex workers and HIV/AIDS:...
Case Studies: Human rights-based approaches to HIV/AIDS
Publication date: 2006This is a series of case studies outlining how laws and policies dealing with various aspects of HIV/AIDS can and should be based on human rights laws and principles.Criminalization of sex work(ers): The human rights case for law reformPregnancy and HIV testing...
HIV/AIDS in Prisons in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union
Publication date: 2006This is a series of 12 info sheets:HIV/AIDS and HCV in prisons: the factsHigh-risk behaviours behind barsHIV transmission in prisonCondoms and prevention of sexual abuseBleach and other disinfectantsNeedle and syringe programsOpioid substitution treatmentCare and...
HIV/AIDS and Pharmaceutical Pricing
Publication date: 2004This info sheet is one in a series of seven info sheets on the federal regulation of pharmaceutical prices in Canada.Health Spending and the Pharmaceutical IndustryControlling Medicine Prices: Evolution of Canadian LawPatented Medicine Prices Review BoardPreventing...
Occupational Exposure to HBV, HCV, or HIV
Publication date: 2001This is one of a series of seven info sheets:Risks of TransmissionManagement of ExposurePost-exposure ProphylaxisTesting for InfectionInformation from the Source PersonCalls for Compulsory Testing of Source PersonsReadings and Resources
Injection Drug Use and HIV/AIDS
Publication date: 2005This is a series of 13 info sheets on legal and ethical issues related to injection drug use and HIV/AIDS.Injection Drug Use and HIV/AIDS in Canada: The FactsThe Current Legal Status of Drugs in CanadaInternational Law: Drug Control and Human RightsDrug Use and the...
HIV/AIDS and Discrimination
Publication date: 1999This is a series of eight info sheets:An Epidemic of Stigma and DiscriminationStigma and Discrimination: Definitions and ConceptsStigma and Discrimination: The ConsequencesExamples of Stigma and DiscriminationThe Impact of Stigma and DiscriminationResponding to Stigma...
Income Security for people living with HIV/AIDS in Canada
Publication date: 2005This is a series of six info sheets on the disability income and other benefit programs people living with HIV/AIDS in Canada rely upon:HIV/AIDS and income insecurityEmployment Insurance sickness benefitLong-term disability insuranceCanada and Quebec Pension Plan...
HIV/AIDS and the Privacy of Health Information
Publication date: 2004The Importance of Privacy of Health Information for People Living with HIV/AIDSPrivacy, Confidentiality, and Privilege: Related Legal ConceptsLegal Protection of Privacy and Confidentiality in Canadian LawPrivacy PrinciplesLimits on Privacy and Confidentiality of...
Criminal Law & HIV Non-Disclosure in Canada
Publication date: 2014This is a series of three info sheets on the criminalization of HIV non-disclosure in Canada. 1. The obligation to disclose HIV-positive status under Canadian criminal law 2. The criminalization of HIV non-disclosure in Canada and internationally 3. Criminalization,...