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Submission to the UN Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review Working Group, Sixteenth Session (2012) re: Review of Russian Federation

This report is focused on the implementation of recommendations given to the Government of the Russian Federation by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) regarding access to HIV prevention, drug treatment and overdose prevention among people who inject drugs in the Russian Federation. We propose a number of recommendations that the UPR … Lire plus

Notice of Application to Ontario Superior Court of Justice

BETWEEN: STEVEN SIMONS, CANADIAN HIV/AIDS LEGAL NETWORK, PRISONERS WITH HIV/AIDS SUPPORT ACTION NETWORK, CANADIAN ABORIGINAL AIDS NETWORK and CATIE (Applicants) – and – MINISTER OF PUBLIC SAFETY, CORRECTIONAL SERVICE OF CANADA, COMMISSIONER OF THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICE OF CANADA and ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA (Respondents) APPLICATION UNDER Rule 14.05 of the Rules of Civil Procedure, R.R.O. … Lire plus

Salles de consommation à moindre risque : les preuves et la pratique

Ce rapport de synthèse présente le contexte, l’histoire et les objectifs des salles de consommation à moindre risque (SCMR) et analyse les preuves disponibles quant à leur impact. La deuxième partie de ce rapport fournit un aperçu des SCMR dans différents pays, avec un accent particulier placé sur les concepts utilisés pour développer ces espaces … Lire plus

Poverty Reduction in Focus: The real connection between development and drugs control – policy statement to the UN General Assembly

« The concept note prepared by the Secretariat for the UN General Assembly session on drugs and development emphasizes the importance of drug-related crime and corruption as impediments to development and the realization of the Millennium Development Goals. … But focusing on crime and corruption without including attention to poverty as an important root cause of … Lire plus