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Letter to Toronto City Council re: Toronto Drug Strategy

“The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network wishes to express its support for the visionary report and recommendations of the Toronto Drug Strategy Advisory Committee. In adopting the recommended strategy as policy, the City of Toronto would distinguish itself as having a drug policy based on sound empirical evidence, informed public health principles and respect for human … Read more

Vectors, Vessels and Victims: HIV/AIDS and Women’s Human Rights in Canada

This paper makes the case that while women in Canada may not suffer the extremes of subordination faced by many of their counterparts in other parts of the world, inequality and violations of women’s human rights still contribute to their vulnerability and to the challenges they face in seeking treatment for HIV/AIDS. As in other … Read more

Legal Network report calls for decriminalization of prostitution in Canada – HIV/AIDS Policy & Law Review 10(3)

In December 2005, the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network released Sex, work, rights: reforming Canadian criminal laws on prostitution. The report examines the ways in which the prostitution-related provisions of the Criminal Code, and their enforcement, have criminalized many aspects of sex workers’ lives and have promoted their social marginalization. The Legal Network calls for the … Read more

Nothing About Us Without Us – Greater, Meaningful Involvement of People Who Use Illegal Drugs: A public health, ethical, and human rights imperative

This booklet summarizes the main issues addressed in the Legal Network’s paper on greater involvement of people who use illegal drugs. In particular, it explains why people who use illegal drugs must be meaningfully involved in Canada’s response to HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C (HCV), and injection drug use, and the benefits of greater involvement. The booklet … Read more