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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HIV non-disclosure and the criminal law: A summary of two recent decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada
Publication date: 2012On October 5, 2012, the Supreme Court of Canada released important decisions in two cases of HIV non-disclosure; namely, R. v. Mabior and R. v. D.C. Mabior is a man who had sex with several women without disclosing his HIV-positive status. D.C. is a woman who had sex...
Submission to the UN Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review Working Group, Twelfth Session (2011) re: Review of the United Republic of Tanzania
Publication date: 2011Annual Report 2010–2011
Publication date: 2011Highlights of our work in Canada and around the world from April 1, 2010 to March 31, 2011.
Criminal Law and HIV
Publication date: 2011Please note that the sections of this document that describe the current state of the criminal law as it relates to HIV non-disclosure do not take into account the recent Supreme Court of Canada decisions in R. v. Mabior and R. v. D.C. We are presently working to...
Criminal Law and HIV Non-Disclosure in Canada: Questions and Answers
Publication date: 2011Please note that the sections of this document that describe the current state of the criminal law as it relates to HIV non-disclosure do not take into account the recent Supreme Court of Canada decisions in R. v. Mabior and R. v. D.C. We are presently working to...
Submission to the Global Commission on HIV and the Law re: Canada
Publication date: 20111. Laws and practices that criminalize people living with HIV and vulnerable to HIVA) People who use drugsB) People in prisonC) Sex workersD) Criminalization of HIV non-disclosure2. Laws and practices that facilitate or impede HIV-related treatment accessA)...
A tale of two cases: urging caution in the prosecution of HIV non-disclosure — HIV/AIDS Policy & Law Review 15(3)
Publication date: 2011Two provincial Courts of Appeal have recently released unanimous decisions that clarify the law regarding the obligation imposed upon people living with HIV to disclose their HIV status prior to sexual relations. The decision of the Manitoba Court of Appeal in R v....
HIV non-disclosure and Canadian criminal law: condom use
Publication date: 2011This document will inform you about:when there is a legal duty to disclose HIV-positive status;the current evidence about the risk of HIV transmission with and without condoms;the current state of the law about condom use and HIV disclosure; andwhy people who use...
HIV non-disclosure and Canadian criminal law: antiretroviral treatment and viral load
Publication date: 2011This document will inform you about:when there is a legal duty to disclose HIV-positive status;the current evidence regarding the impact of ARV treatment and viral load on the risk of HIV transmission;the current state of the law regarding viral load and HIV...
Criminal prosecutions for HIV non-disclosure: two cases before the Supreme Court of Canada
Publication date: 2012Update: the Supreme Court of Canada's February 2012 hearing of two appeals about when people living with HIV may be convicted of a crime for not disclosing their HIV status to sexual partners.