Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2012
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
Update: 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.
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2012
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Fact sheet
This document addresses some common HIV-related legal questions of agencies that provide services to women in Canada. The information will help service providers inform and refer the women with whom they work to appropriate legal information and support when...
Organization:
Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
Publication date: 2012
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Booklet
A tool developed to help individuals who’ve tested positive for an STI tell their partners (including conversation starters, etc.).
Organization:
Positive Women’s Network
Publication date: 2012
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Article
Article published on TheBody.com concerning the murder of Cicely Bolden, a black woman who disclosed her HIV+ status to a partner and was murdered.The PWN resources in Sage can be reproduced and adapted for non-commercial use with credit to the author. Please note...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2012
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Fact sheet
On October 5, 2012, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decisions in the cases of Mabior and D.C. The Court decided that people living with HIV have a legal duty, under the criminal law, to disclose their HIV-positive status to sexual partners before having sex...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2012
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
On October 5, 2012, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decisions in the cases of Mabior and D.C. The Court decided that people living with HIV have a legal duty, under the criminal law, to disclose their HIV-positive status to sexual partners before having sex...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2012
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Fact sheet
On 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...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2012
Format:
PDF
On June 25, the Ontario Court of Appeal decided to postpone hearing appeals in two prosecutions for HIV non-disclosure, R v. M and R v. F, until after the Supreme Court of Canada delivers its decisions in two other cases, R v. Mabior and R v. DC, anticipated later...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2011
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
This 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...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2011
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
This 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...
