Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2007
Format:
PDF
FEATURESMale circumcision and HIV prevention: a human rights and public health challengeCommentary: Engendering bold leadership against HIV/AIDSCANADIAN DEVELOPMENTSSubcommittee fails to recommend legal reforms needed to promote human rights of sex workersConservative...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2007
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Fact sheet
A series of six info sheets on legal and ethical issues related to drug use and HIV/AIDS in Thailand.HIV and HCV in Thailand: implications for national drug policyHarm reduction: lessons from the regionSterile syringe programsOpioid substitution treatmentOutreach and...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2007
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
The goal of this report is to encourage and aid prison systems, other sectors of government, non-governmental and community organizations, and prisoners themselves in responding to the challenges of HIV and HCV, particularly with respect to prevention.
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:
Canadian AIDS Society
Publication date: 2006
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
The Canadian AIDS Society (CAS) received funding to study the barriers to access to cannabis for medicinal purposes for people living with HIV/AIDS. We conducted an extensive consultation of people living with HIV/AIDS from across Canada through focus groups and a...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2006
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Form or template
Until now, India, Brazil and Thailand have been among the biggest generic ARV producers, both for their own people and for export. This production has been crucial for the supply of affordable treatment in the developing world. It has resulted in competition between...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2006
Format:
PDF
TABLE OF CONTENTSFEATUREScaling up HIV testing: human rights and hidden costsCANADIAN DEVELOPMENTSHealth Canada authorizes access to experimental HIV drugs, but only after a long struggleQuestion period: how will Canada’s new minority government approach...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2006
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
This report examines the issue of prison needle exchange based upon the international experience and evidence current to April 2006. The authors undertook a literature review, visited prisons in four countries, and corresponded with people responsible for...
Organization:
Canadian AIDS Society
Publication date: 2006
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
This executive summary provides an overview of a policy paper1 that outlines the barriers to access to the federal medical cannabis program, to a legal source of cannabis, and to adequate information and services.
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2006
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Form or template
The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network is pleased to report that Bill C-9, the Government’s legislation aimed at eliminating conditional sentencing for certain criminal offences, was amended before passing third reading in the House of Commons so that it no longer...
