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
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
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: 2012
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
This document presents evidence and recommendations in support of implementing prison-based needle and syringe programs in Canada.
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: 2012
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Fact sheet
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: 2012
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
The purpose of this report is to critically examine drug treatment courts (DTCs) in Canada using the available evidence, which includes process and outcome evaluations of existing DTCs, grey literature and academic research. Our assessment is also informed by...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2012
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
This briefing paper provides a short summary of the background, history and objectives of drug consumption rooms (DCRs), and analyses available evidence regarding their impact. The second part of the briefing paper consists of an overview of the various DCRs in...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2012
Format:
PDF
BETWEEN:STEVEN SIMONS, CANADIAN HIV/AIDS LEGAL NETWORK, PRISONERS WITH HIV/AIDS SUPPORT ACTION NETWORK, CANADIAN ABORIGINAL AIDS NETWORK and CATIE (Applicants)– and –MINISTER OF PUBLIC SAFETY, CORRECTIONAL SERVICE OF CANADA, COMMISSIONER OF THE...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2012
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
Letter to the Committee Against Torture (CAT) On behalf of the community of international civil society organizations working in the area of human rights and drug policy, we would like to draw your attention to the importance of the issue of torture and other...
