This model law resource is designed to inform and assist policy-makers and advocates as they approach the task of reforming or making laws to meet the legal challenges posed by the HIV epidemic among people who use drugs. Module 4 contains a prefatory note which outlines the rationale for and benefits of supervised drug consumption … Lire plus
This model law resource is designed to inform and assist policy-makers and advocates as they approach the task of reforming or making laws to meet the legal challenges posed by the HIV epidemic among people who use drugs. Module 3 contains a prefatory note which outlines the rationale for and benefits of syringe exchange programs … Lire plus
This model law resource is designed to inform and assist policy-makers and advocates as they approach the task of reforming or making laws to meet the legal challenges posed by the HIV epidemic among people who use drugs. Module 2 contains a prefatory note which discusses the evidence in favour of reforming laws and policies … Lire plus
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This model law resource is designed to inform and assist policy-makers and advocates as they approach the task of reforming or making laws to meet the legal challenges posed by the HIV epidemic among people who use drugs. Module 1 contains a prefatory note which discusses the rationale for reforming criminal laws that relate to … Lire plus
Des programmes de tatoutage plus sécuritaire devraient être mis en œuvre dans toutes les prisons du Canada, affirme Leon Mar, directeur des communications, dans ce texte d’opinion publié à l’occasion de la Journée mondiale du sida, dans le Toronto Star.
This submission explains why legislation authorizing the forced testing of federal prisoners for HIV, hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) should not be introduced or supported by the Government of Canada. Briefly stated, legislation authorizing the forced testing of people (i.e., without the individual’s informed consent) does not represent an appropriately balanced … Lire plus
C’est avec plaisir que le Réseau juridique canadien VIH/sida signale que le Projet de loi C-9, la législation fédérale visant à éliminer les peines d’emprisonnement avec sursis dans le cas de certains crimes, a été amendé avant son dépôt pour la troisième lecture à la Chambre des communes – de manière à ne plus s’appliquer … Lire plus