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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
Statement on the occasion of the Sixth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization
“In a matter of days, government delegates will be gathering in Hong Kong for the latest landmark event in the ongoing process of economic globalization — the Sixth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO). We, members of civil society from developed and developing countries, concerned about the impact of this process on 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
Nothing About Us Without Us – Greater, Meaningful Involvement of People Who Use Illegal Drugs: A Public Health, Ethical, and Human Rights Imperative (Canadian edition)
This report examines — from an international perspective — why it is important to increase meaningful involvement of people who use illegal drugs in the response to HIV and hepatitis C (HCV), and how this can be done.
Network News 21 – December 2005
In this issue: 2005 Annual General Meeting features awards and lively debate Legal Network discusses model legislation project in Vilnius Network staff share ideas and mentoring at Skills Symposium The Legal Network in the news Report focuses on greater involvement of people who use drugs Blueprint for Action on Women and HIV/AIDS: Towards 2006 Inside … Read more