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Criminalizing HIV transmission or exposure: the context of francophone West and Central Africa – HIV/AIDS Policy & Law Review 14(3)

Nations throughout the world are increasingly criminalizing HIV transmission or exposure. This trend, already very familiar to high-income countries such as Canada, the United States of America and some European nations, takes on a special meaning in Africa, where several national HIV/AIDS laws make HIV transmission or exposure a crime. Related Publications HIV/AIDS Policy & … Read more

MSM law in francophone Africa and the fight against AIDS: the hypocrisy of certain countries – HIV/AIDS Policy & Law Review 14(3)

In addition to being the targets of frequent discrimination and violence, African men who have sex with men (MSM) are being hit hard by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Although there is still insufficient research regarding the methods of HIV transmission in sub-Saharan Africa, several studies show that the prevalence of HIV infection among MSM is more … Read more

Canadian Court of Appeal upholds supervised injection site’s right to operate – International Yearbook on Human Rights and Drug Policy, Vol. 1, 2010

Case Summary: PHS Community Services Society v. Canada (Attorney General), 2010 BCCA 15 (B.C. Court of Appeal) On 15 January 2010, the British Columbia Court of Appeal, the province’s highest appellate court, held that Insite, North America’s first supervised injection facilty, was a provincial undertaking that did not undermine the federal goals of protecting health … Read more

Submission to the UN Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review Working Group, Ninth Session (2010) re: Review of the Republic of Malawi

This submission describes key national human rights priorities and provides recommendations for the Government of Malawi to better respect, protect and fulfill human rights, consistent with its international legal obligations, in areas of particular relevance to an effective response to HIV. These priorities are: 1) women’s rights in relation to marital property and 2) the … Read more

Alternative Report to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on Kazakhstan’s initial report on the implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Re: Drug Use, HIV, Overdose and Harm Reduction: Articles 2, 12 and 15.1.b People who use illicit drugs are vulnerable to a wide range of negative health consequences as a result of that use …. In addition to the health risks related to HIV and hepatitis C infections, opiate overdose has been reported as the … Read more