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Human Rights and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

The objective of this paper is to examine the human rights content and impact of the Global Fund’s work in three areas — grant-making processes, grants, and advocacy, especially to see how this unique institution manages the balancing act to which its principles lead. Without pretending to have conducted an exhaustive investigation, we examine some … Lire plus

Joint Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review Working Group of the Human Rights Council, 12th Session re: human rights violations associated with Thailand’s anti-drug laws

Human rights violations committed in the name of drug control are common in Thailand, including the unlawful application of the death penalty and the denial of the highest attainable standard of health and numerous concerns with respect to compulsory treatment. Capital punishment is regularly imposed on people convicted of drug-related offences and the government has … Lire plus

Projet de loi C-393 : éléments centraux et conformité aux obligations du Canada à l’OMC (mars 2011)

D’aucuns prétendent erronément que la « solution à licence unique » que propose le Projet de loi C-393 enfreint les obligations du Canada devant l’OMC. À titre de complément au mémoire déposé plus tôt par le Réseau juridique, ce document-ci présente un sommaire des points principaux et des dispositions du droit de l’OMC qui autorisent … Lire plus