FEATURES – TREATMENT AS PREVENTION: ASSESSING THE HUMAN RIGHTS AND ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS
- Human rights in an era of treatment as prevention
- The ethical implications of “treatment as prevention” in the United States
- British Columbia’s “seek and treat” strategy: a cautionary tale on privacy rights and informed consent for HIV testing
CANADIAN DEVELOPMENTS
- Federal government’s omnibus crime legislation becomes law
- Alberta orders end to distribution of crack pipes in Calgary
- New research demonstrates negative public health impact of criminalizing HIV non-disclosure
- Painkiller medication OxyContin removed from shelves
In brief
- Report recommends supervised drug injection sites in Toronto and Ottawa
- New Brunswick to scale back methadone program
- Alberta: cases of sexually transmitted infections decline
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
- Global Fund cuts threaten harm reduction efforts in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
- UN releases report on discriminatory practices against individuals based on sexual orientation and gender identity
- United States: legislation introduced to end HIV criminalization
- UN joint statement calls for closure of compulsory drug detention and rehabilitation centres
- China: provinces to introduce real-name HIV testing
- Russia orders NGO website shut down over harm reduction information
- High burden of HIV disproportionally among female sex workers in low- and middle-income countries
- Possible link between contraceptives and HIV transmission spurs international consultation
- Report urges Chinese government to compensate HIV blood disaster victims
In brief
- Criminalization of HIV: international civil society releases Oslo Declaration
- United Kingdom no longer to charge undocumented migrants for HIV treatment
- Malawi: new inheritance legislation includes rights-protecting provisions
- United Kingdom removes ban on blood donations from men who have sex with men
HIV/AIDS IN THE COURTS – CANADA
- Supreme Court of Canada orders minister of health to exempt supervised injection site from criminal prohibition on drug possession
- Ontario’s appellate court gives partial victory to sex workers
- Federal Court dismisses application for judicial review of HIV-positive Mexican man
- Federal Court dismisses Cameroonian woman’s application for humanitarian and compassionate relief
- Federal Court grants HIV-positive Nigerian’s applications for judicial review
- Ontario Court of Appeal recognizes new privacy tort
- Federal Court dismisses case contesting religious freedom to produce and possess marijuana
- Criminal law and cases of HIV transmission or exposure
HIV/AIDS IN THE COURTS – INTERNATIONAL
- Ukraine: doctor who provided opioid substitution therapy acquitted of drug trafficking
- Kenya: ruling ensures access to generic HIV medicines
- Chile: court upholds decision against health provider for revealing patient’s serostatus
- U.S. Supreme Court dismisses privacy suit by HIV-positive pilot against government agencies
- Criminal law and cases of HIV transmission or exposure
SPECIAL SECTION: HIV AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE UNITED STATES