Complementing the Legal Network’s earlier brief, this document outlines in summary form the key issues and the provisions of WTO law that permit Canada to simplify the current CAMR as proposed by Bill C-393, while complying with its legal obligations as at WTO Member, and in some instances, making CAMR even more consistent with TRIPS … Read more
Canada’s Access to Medicines Regime (CAMR) is not delivering on Parliament’s pledge to help developing countries get affordable medicines. The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network endorses the amendments proposed in Bill C-393 that will help fix the current, flawed Regime.
“As front-line organizations, researchers and experts who work with people who use drugs, we write to express our opposition to Bill S-10, an Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts. … Bill S-10 represents an intensification of punishment and imprisonment in response to … Read more
This submission draws attention to several key human rights priorities and provides recommendations for the Georgian government to better respect, protect and fulfill human rights, consistent with its international legal obligations, in areas of particular relevance to effective response to illicit drug use and HIV/AIDS.
This document explores the role of public health law, including coercive interventions, in addressing behaviours that carry a significant risk of transmitting HIV.