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Canada on drugs at the UN: Standing up for a long-overdue policy shift

By Richard Elliott The applause persisted until the chair of the session eventually gavelled it to an end. The occasion? Canada’s statement last month at the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) in Vienna, where countries were negotiating the text of a declaration to be adopted next week at the UN General Assembly’s Special Session on … Read more

Women living with HIV and intimate partner violence: Questions & Answers

This guide is for women, including trans women, who are living with HIV and who experience or are at risk of experiencing violence from their intimate partner. Intimate partner violence can be physical, emotional, psychological or sexual abuse from someone with whom you have or had an intimate relationship. Abuse by an intimate partner is not … Read more

Brief to the Toronto Board of Health regarding Supervised Injection Services in Toronto

“The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, HALCO and ARCH appreciate the opportunity to comment on the (March 7, 2016) Report from the Medical Officer of Health to the Toronto Board of Health on the integration of supervised injection services into existing clinical health services and to draw the Board’s attention to certain elements which are particularly … Read more

“Just Say Nyet” to Russia’s Drug Policy

“In anticipation of UNGASS 2016, Russia is creating international alliances to promote its vision of drug demand and drug supply reduction, with a view to having ‘a unified position at the 2016 UNGASS.’ These include the International Congress of Drug-Free Organizations and the Russian-African Anti-Drug Dialogue. Countries that Russia approaches for participating in these or … Read more

The UNGASS Outcome Document: Diplomacy Or Denialism? — Civil Society Statement

“We, the undersigned civil society organisations, representing drug policy expertise and affected communities worldwide, express our serious concerns about the preparations and draft Outcome Document for the UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on the ‘world drug problem’ in April 2016.” Related Publication Promoting Smart Policy on Drugs: Brief to the Minister of Health

видео: Знать права, применять законы / Videos: Know Your Rights, Use Your Laws

See below for English. Представленные здесь материалы в совокупности направлены на то, чтобы стимулировать защиту своих прав людьми, затронутыми эпидемией ВИЧ-инфекции. Восемь видео и брошюра «ЗНАТЬ ПРАВА, ПРИМЕНЯТЬ ЗАКОНЫ» содержат очень краткую пошаговую информацию о том, с чего можно начать на пути к восстановлению своих нарушенных прав. Мы вправе на многое. Все люди рождаются свободными и … Read more

Decriminalizing Homosexuality: The cases of Canada and Jamaica

By Maurice Tomlinson, Senior Policy Analyst, Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network March 4, 2016 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently indicated that he will posthumously pardon George Klippert for engaging in consensual sodomy. Klippert’s 1965 conviction under the British imposed anti-gay law and his subsequent sentence as a sex offender led to a public outcry that … Read more