Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2011
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PDF
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Report
Human rights violations committed in the name of drug control are common in Thailand, including the unlawful application of the death penalty and the denial of the highest attainable standard of health and numerous concerns with respect to compulsory treatment....
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HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2011
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PDF
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Report
Ukrainian Ministry of Health Resolution No. 634 dated 29 July 2010 brought into force amendments that significantly reduce the legal threshold for “small,” “large” and “extra large” quantities of certain types of illegal drugs,...
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HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2011
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"We urge the Russian government to abolish the criminal ban on methadone, to support rather than repress harm reduction programs and workers, and to reform its drug laws so as to place health concerns, not further pointless and harsh criminalization and...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2011
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We, the undersigned non-governmental organizations representing affected communities and working in the field of HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment, in Canada and around the world, address you in advance of the Millennium Development Goal 6 International Forum...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2011
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PDF
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Report
Shadow Report to the UN Committee against Torture in relation to the review of the Fifth Periodic Report of the Russian Federation.This report considers facts, reasons for and conditions for mistreatment of drug users in Russia.Authors: Andrey Rylkov Foundation,...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2012
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PDF
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Report
The Government of the Russian Federation has retaliated against and suppressed the activities of the Andrey Rylkov Foundation (ARF), including the exercising of its freedom of expression in promoting recommendations given by the UN Committee on Economic, Social and...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2012
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PDF
Resource Type:
Report
Brief presented in February 2012 to the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, in relation to the Committee’s study on Bill C-10, An Act to enact the Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act and to amend the State Immunity Act, the Criminal...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2012
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PDF
Resource Type:
Report
Communication to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the UN Independent Expert in the Field of Cultural Rights regarding violation by the Government of the Russian Federation of the right to enjoy the benefits of...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2012
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PDF
Resource Type:
Report
For the last 3 years the Government of Ukraine has undertaken some positive steps in order to fulfill its international human rights obligations regarding HIV prevention among people who inject drugs, including children. At the same time the Government’s...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2012
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PDF
Resource Type:
Report
"The concept note prepared by the Secretariat for the UN General Assembly session on drugs and development emphasizes the importance of drug-related crime and corruption as impediments to development and the realization of the Millennium Development Goals....
