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
Letter to Minster of Justice RE: Putting an End to OVER-CRIMINALIZATION OF HIV NON-DISCLOSURE
Publication date: 2016“On behalf of the Canadian Coalition to Reform HIV Criminalization, we would like to thank you for making an important statement on World AIDS Day denouncing the over-criminalization of HIV non-disclosure in Canada.”
HIV Criminalization in Canada: Current Context & Advocacy
Publication date: 2016A two-page document briefly describing the current legal landscape of the criminalization of HIV non-disclosure in Canada, why the current use of the criminal law is problematic, and what the Legal Network and its partners have been doing to resist the overly broad...
Indigenous Communities: Summary of Legal Needs Assessment
Publication date: 2017In 2014, the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network (“Legal Network”) and the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN) began collaborating to produce a series of legal information resources for Indigenous communities living with and affected by HIV and/or hepatitis C (HCV)....
Saving Lives, Protecting Health: Strenghtening Bill C-37 to expand and expedite access to supervised consumption sites
Publication date: 2017“In keeping with the government’s stated commitment to harm reduction and to evidence-based policy, the Legal Network recommends two amendments to strengthen Bill C-37, with a view to ensuring the legislative framework for securing exemptions from the Controlled Drugs...
Indigenous Communities: Summary of Legal Needs Assessment
Publication date: 2017In 2014, the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network (“Legal Network”) and the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN) began collaborating to produce a series of legal information resources for Indigenous communities living with and affected by HIV and/or hepatitis C (HCV)....
Letter to Attorney General of Ontario Yasir Naqvi RE: HIV and Criminal Law
Publication date: 2017“On behalf of the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, I am writing to you because we are deeply concerned about Ontario’s approach to prosecuting allegations of HIV non-disclosure. We request that you immediately undertake the following actions to put an end to unjust...
Saving Lives, Protecting Health: Strengthening Bill C-37 to Expand and Expedite Access to Supervised Consumption Sites
Publication date: 2017“In keeping with the government’s stated commitment to harm reduction and to evidence-based policy, the Legal Network recommends two amendments to strengthen Bill C-37, with a view to ensuring the legislative framework for securing exemptions from the Controlled Drugs...
Review of Canada’s Compliance with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Publication date: 2017“The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network submits this briefing to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons withDisabilities in advance of its review of the periodic report of Canada, held during its 17th session from 20 March to 12 April 2017....
HIV Criminalization in Canada: Key trends and Patterns
Publication date: 2017As part of an effort to contribute to an informed public dialogue on the issue, this short report provides a snapshot of the temporal and demographic patterns of HIV criminalization in Canada from 1989 to 2016. It also updates information on the outcomes of HIV...
Privacy and Disclosure for Youth Living with HIV or HEP C: Questions and Answers
Publication date: 2017This guide is for youth between the ages of 15 and 29 and focuses on some of the factors at play when young people living with HIV or hepatitis C (Hep C) are thinking about telling others about their HIV or Hep C status.