FEATURE
CANADIAN DEVELOPMENTS
- B.C. medical officers of health seek more supervised injection facilities
- Human rights complaint filed against Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons over methadone program
- More money for Vancouver drug court, but future funding for all drug courts uncertain
- Survey reveals need to combat stigma, improve education, find new treatments
In brief
- Federal government tries again to set mandatory minimum sentences for some drug offences
- Ontario judge scolded for ignorance of HIV
- Groups oppose proposed police crackdown in Downtown Eastside
- Punitive laws and policies put sex workers at risk
- Health care costs in prisons rising fast
- Manitoba: New AIDS drugs added to provincial formulary
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
- U.N. adopts historic declaration on economic, social and cultural rights
- Uganda: Proposed bill would criminalize HIV transmission, force partners to reveal HIV-positive status
- Zimbabwe: Collapse of the public health system has devastating consequences for HIV care
- Macedonia: Detention of sex workers sparks protest
- Senegal: Growing intolerance towards gay men
- Israel: HIV-positive surgeon allowed to return to work
In brief
- U.S.: Obama lifts ban on funding for international groups performing or counselling abortions
- Burundi: Senate rejects law criminalizing homosexuality
- Ethiopia: New law threatens human rights
- India: Bill criminalizing buying sex lapses in Parliament
- Southern Africa: Regional model law on HIV drafted
- U.N.: Statement condemns human rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity
- Asia: Rapid increase in cases of HIV among MSM
HIV/AIDS IN THE COURTS – CANADA
- Federal Court orders judicial review of decision on Mexican’s refugee application
- Federal Court rules all evidence must be considered in determining risk of persecution of refugee claimant
- Thai woman’s deportation postponed until resolution of her criminal appeal
- Criminal law and cases of HIV transmission or exposure
HIV/AIDS IN THE COURTS – INTERNATIONAL
- South Africa: High Court orders Minister to release report on inmate’s death
- Criminal law and cases of HIV transmission or exposure
In brief
- Latin America: Case raises issue of reproductive rights of HIV-positive women
- Senegal: Nine gay men arrested, convicted and given harsh sentences
- Update: Appeal in Dr. Rath case lapses