FEATURES
- TRIPS from Doha to Cancún … to Ottawa: global developments in access to treatment and Canada’s Bill C-56
- Warsaw Declaration on HIV/AIDS and injection drug use adopted
CANADIAN NEWS
- North America’s first supervised injection site opens in Vancouver
- Ontario: People can now apply for forced HIV testing in certain situations
- Many people in marginalized communities are not accessing antiretroviral therapy: BC study
- Prison activist receives AIDS and human rights award
- Ontario proposes to regulate viatical settlements
- Survey reveals knowledge and attitudes of Canadians regarding HIV/AIDS
- National school survey reveals gaps in knowledge of HIV/AIDS
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
- UNGASS review: reports show little progress on human rights
- AIDS Law Project receives AIDS and human rights award
- International Guidelines audit tool tested in Cambodia
- Nigeria launches new AIDS policy
- ABC approach not enough, reports show
- New report profiles syringe access in California
HIV/AIDS IN PRISONS
- New policy on methadone maintenance treatment in prisons established in Alberta
- Randomized controlled trial proves effectiveness of methadone maintenance treatment in prison
- Australian discussion paper on prison needle exchange programs released
HIV/AIDS IN THE COURTS – CANADA
- HIV-positive person who did not disclose status convicted of attempted aggravated assault
- Ontario court affirms that medical marijuana regulations are unconstitutional
- Court strikes out latest action in contaminated blood litigation
HIV/AIDS IN THE COURTS – INTERNATIONAL
- HIV drug trademark case handed down in UK
- UK: AIDS treatment main factor in decision to grant permission to appeal immigration decision
- UK court denies appeal by woman who stabbed police officer with used needle
- UK: Rape “aggravated” by knowledge of HIV and hepatitis B infection
- UK court denies prisoner with HIV early release
- UK: Hemophiliac wins access to recombinant factor VIII
- UK: Precedent-setting criminal conviction for grievous bodily harm
LAW ESSAY CONTEST
- Canadian “medical necessity” and the right to health