This paper outlines the extent of discrimination against persons living with or affected by HIV/AIDS in Canada and shows how discrimination impacts on Canada\’s efforts to prevent the spread of HIV and to provide care, treatment and support to those already infected.
FEATURES AIDS and Overdose Deaths in British Columbia Drug Laws and HIV/AIDS Public Health and “The Unwilling and Unable” DRUG POLICY Access to Sterile Needles for Young People under the Age of 14 Bill C-7: An Update DISCRIMINATION Transgendered People, Discrimination, and HIV/AIDS US: Court Finds Dentist Guilty of Unlawful Discrimination HIV/AIDS and Child Care … Read more
FEATURES Third HIV/AIDS Strategy Needed HIV-Specific Criminal Offence Proposed Interventions in Perinatal HIV Transmission CRIMINAL JUSTICE Joint Project on Criminalization of HIV Transmission Criminalization of HIV Transmission: A Literature Review Criminal Law and HIV/AIDS: A Review of Cases (Part II) HIV-Positive Rapist Sentenced to 12 Years BLOOD AND BLOOD PRODUCTS Japan: Hemophiliacs Offered Compensation in … Read more
FEATURES Focus on HIV/AIDS in Prisons Methadone and HIV/AIDS Criminal Law and HIV/AIDS: A Review PROSTITUTION Prostitution and HIV/AIDS: A Literature Review TESTING AND REPORTING Further Update on Blood Donor Notification Case CAS’s Reaction to Judgment in Blood Donor Case United States: Testing of Juveniles Accused of Sexual Assault EUTHANASIA Legalizing Euthanasia Oregon’s Measure 16 … Read more
FEATURES Focus on Gay Issues: Discrimination Impedes the Fight Against AIDS Bleach and Anonymous HIV Testing in Federal Prisons PRISONERS AND HIV/AIDS Update on Needle and Syringe Exchange in Swiss Prison DISCRIMINATION Anal Sex Law Ruled Discriminatory Supreme Court Rules on Same-Sex Benefits Ontario Court Rules on Same-Sex Adoptions HUMAN RIGHTS Human Rights Linked to … Read more
NOTES Update on Joint Network/CAS Project HIV-ANTIBODY TESTING No Compulsory HIV-Antibody Testing of Persons Accused or Convicted of Sexual Assault HIV/AIDS and the Military in Canada — the Twaites decision PRISONERS AND HIV/AIDS Switzerland: Prison Needle Exchanges Declared Judicially Admissible Australia: Update on Prison Condom Case Australia: Claim by Prison Officer settled TESTING AND REPORTING … Read more
FEATURES Bill C-7: Implications for HIV/AIDS Prevention (Canadian Legislation) Ontario Court Rules on Notification of Blood Donors Should Canada Criminalize HIV Endangerment? Thank you to film producer Rock Demers on World AIDS Day NOTE Joint Network/CAS (Canadian AIDS Society) Project on Legal Issues Raised by HIV/AIDS PRISONERS AND HIV/AIDS Alarming Evidence of HIV Transmission in … Read more
FEATURES HIV Prevention Taken Seriously: Provision of Syringes in a Swiss Prison Québec Court Finds Asymptomatic HIV Infection a Charter ” Handicap “: Hamel v. Malaxos PRISONERS AND HIV/AIDS Australia: Australian Federal Health Minister Calls for Needle Exchange in Prisons Australia: Prisoners Sue for the Right to Condoms TUBERCULOSIS TB/HIV Issues Receiving Increased Attention in … Read more