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Protection against discrimination based on HIV/AIDS status in Canada: the legal framework – HIV/AIDS Policy & Law Review 10(1)

October 4, 2022April 1, 2005

This article examines the ways in which Canadian law currently protects people against discrimination based on HIV/AIDS status. The article also reviews the equality rights provision of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms; federal, provincial, and territorial anti-discrimination statutes and policies; and some of the key cases that have applied and developed these legislative … Read more

AIDS, drugs, and terrorism: do I have your attention? – HIV/AIDS Policy & Law Review 10(1)

October 4, 2022April 1, 2005

“[T]he countries that espouse rights-based approaches to HIV/AIDS — and the United Nations, which is the original “rights-based approach to HIV/AIDS” flag-waver — need to make a bold move to show that human rights is not only about women and children and other sympathetic people not tarred by the great government-generated lies of the late … Read more

HIV/AIDS and human rights: we’ve only just begun – HIV/AIDS Policy & Law Review 10(1)

October 4, 2022April 1, 2005

In this article, Joanne Csete suggests that while in theory everybody buys into the effectiveness of rights-based approaches to HIV/AIDS, the practice leaves much to be desired.The author describes the human rights framework that is the foundation for a more effective response to HIV/AIDS and stresses the urgency of paying more than lip service to … Read more

A long way from there to here: human rights approaches to HIV/AIDS in a local setting – HIV/AIDS Policy & Law Review 10(1)

October 4, 2022April 1, 2005

In this article, Peris Jones and Farhana Zuberi summarize findings from a recently completed research project, the Tswelopele study, in South Africa. The study documented human rights violations in three areas: privacy and disclosure; informed consent and HIV testing; and access to health-care services.The article describes these violations and explores why discrimination still occurs at … Read more

Safe-Crack Kits Important for Health of Drug Users: AIDS groups

September 25, 2022March 31, 2005

Letter to Indian President APJ Abdul Kalam re: Patent (Amendment) Bill 2005

September 25, 2022March 26, 2005

“We write to you to express our deepest concern that recent amendments to India’s patent legislation will lead to unnecessary suffering and death for millions of people in your country and in many others, particularly in the developing world. We urge you to send the Patent (Amendment) Bill 2005 back to Parliament for reconsideration, so … Read more

Speaking Notes – Testimony to the House of Commons Subcommittee on Solicitation Laws

September 25, 2022March 15, 2005

“This year we will be producing a full length report, provisionally titled: Prostitution under the Canadian Criminal Code: Principles for Law Reform in the Context of HIV/AIDS. We will make the report available to the Subcommittee. Today I will provide a very short summary of selected sections of that report . . . .”

Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network Tells Committee that Parliament Should Repeal Criminal Code Provisions on Prostitution

September 25, 2022March 15, 2005

Needle Exchange Programs and the HIV Outbreak among Injection Drug Users in Vancouver, Canada: Addressing Some Common Misperceptions

September 25, 2022March 7, 2005

The use of needle exchange programs (NEPs) has been associated with reductions in HIV infection in a number of settings. However, questions regarding NEP efficacy have persisted, and have been partially fuelled by misinterpretations of an early evaluation of NEP use and HIV prevalence in Vancouver, Canada. In this study, a higher HIV prevalence was … Read more

U.S. Gag on Needle Exchange Harms UN AIDS Efforts – Canadian HIV/AIDS organization calls on Ottawa to defend proven HIV prevention strategies

September 25, 2022March 3, 2005