Women and HIV – “Women in Prison, HIV and Hepatitis C”
This is one in a series of four info sheets on the human rights of women living with or vulnerable to HIV in Canada.
Publication Language: English
Women and HIV
A series of four info sheets on the human rights of women living with or vulnerable to HIV in Canada. Women in Prison, HIV and Hepatitis C Women and the Criminalization of HIV Non-Disclosure (updated February 2017) Women, Sex Work and HIV Women and HIV Testing
Submission to the UN Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review Working Group, 14th Session (2012) re: Review of Ukraine
For the last 3 years the Government of Ukraine has undertaken some positive steps in order to fulfill its international human rights obligations regarding HIV prevention among people who inject drugs, including children. At the same time the Government’s activities are inconsistent and often contradict each other nullifying the positive impacts. Recommendations to the Government … Read more
When Science is Just a Decoration: Russian Drug Policy & the Right to Scientific Progress
Communication to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the UN Independent Expert in the Field of Cultural Rights regarding violation by the Government of the Russian Federation of the right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications.
Statement to UN Human Rights Council, 19th Session, Thematic Panel Discussion on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights re: criminalization of HIV non-disclosure, exposure and transmission
“There are many human rights challenges that must be tackled in order to respond effectively to the ongoing, twinned pandemics of HIV and of HIV-related human rights abuses … we wish to highlight one phenomenon of growing global concern and relevance. “The epidemic of overly broad criminalization of HIV non-disclosure, exposure or transmission has: led … Read more
Brief to the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, in relation to the Committee’s study on Bill C-10
Brief presented in February 2012 to the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, in relation to the Committee’s study on Bill C-10, An Act to enact the Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act and to amend the State Immunity Act, the Criminal Code and other Acts.
Information note regarding retaliation of the Government of the Russian Federation against the Andrey Rylkov Foundation for Health and Social Justice
The Government of the Russian Federation has retaliated against and suppressed the activities of the Andrey Rylkov Foundation (ARF), including the exercising of its freedom of expression in promoting recommendations given by the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) to the Russian Government in its Concluding Observations of 20 May 2011. Most … Read more