Organization:
Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
Publication date: 2014
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Brochure
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2014
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Fact sheet
In December 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada unanimously decided that several parts of Canada’s Criminal Code dealing with prostitution are unconstitutional because they violate the rights of sex workers by undermining their health and safety. The Supreme Court...
Organization:
Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
Publication date: 2013
Resource Type:
Program evaluation
Logic model developed by outreach staff and community partners. The model includes all activities run by our staff via the Street Connections mobile harm reduction service.
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2013
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
The Nordic model is a piece of legislation, passed in Sweden in 1999, which criminalizes the purchase of sex. In Canada, exchanging sex for money is not illegal, but virtually every activity associated with prostitution is. Following the Ontario Court of...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2013
Format:
PDF
In the Supreme Court of Canada (on Appeal from the Court of Appeal for Ontario) between:ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADAATTORNEY GENERAL OF ONTARIOAppellants (Respondents on Cross-Appeal)andTERRI JEAN BEDFORD, AMY LEBOVITCH AND VALERIE SCOTTRespondents (Appellants on...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2013
Format:
PDF
This policy brief considers the impact of the Swedish model on sex workers and, in light of its harmful effects, argues that this approach would not withstand constitutional scrutiny in Canada.
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2013
Format:
PDF
Collective Statement: Street sex workers and our allies stand up for full decriminalization of our lives.
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2012
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Fact sheet
This is one in a series of four info sheets on the human rights of women living with or vulnerable to HIV in Canada.
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2007
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Form or template
This briefing paper critiques the report of the House of Commons Subcommittee on Solicitation Laws in detail. It also summarizes the Legal Network’s analysis of the criminal law’s impact on sex workers and calls on federal politicians to show real...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2006
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
This model law resource is designed to inform and assist policy-makers and advocates as they approach the task of reforming or making laws to meet the legal challenges posed by the HIV epidemic among people who use drugs.Module 5 contains a prefatory note which...
