Manitoba Forced HIV Testing Law Based on Flawed Rationale
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Legislation to Authorize Forced Testing for HIV In the Event of Occupational Exposure: An Unjustified and Unnecessary Rights Violation – A submission to the Government of Manitoba
The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network (“Legal Network”) understands that the government of Manitoba has received proposals encouraging it to enact legislation authorizing the forced testing of people for HIV and other diseases in situations of possible occupational exposure. The Legal Network wishes to take this opportunity to comment on this subject. It is our understanding … Lire plus
Nothing About Us Without Us – A manifesto by people who use illegal drugs
This manifesto was made by people who use drugs. Participants in the project expressed their hope that people who use drugs around the world will either adopt this manifesto, or use it as the basis for creating their own manifesto. Publications Connexes «Ничего для нас без нас» — Манифест людей, имеющих опыт употребления наркотиков (Version russe) … Lire plus
Nothing About Us Without Us – Greater, meaningful involvement of people who use illegal drugs: A public health, ethical, and human rights imperative (International edition)
This report examines — from an international perspective — why it is important to increase meaningful involvement of people who use illegal drugs in the response to HIV and hepatitis C (HCV), and how this can be done. Publications Connexes «Ничего для нас без нас» — Расширение значимого участия людей, имеющих опыт употребления наркотиков (Version russe) … Lire plus
VIH et hépatite C en prison
Voici une série de treize feuillets d’information portant sur le VIH/sida et l’hépatite C en prison. VIH et hépatite C en prison : les faits Comportements à risque élevé en prison Transmission du VIH et du VHC en prison Prévention : les condoms Prévention : l’eau de Javel Prévention : les programmes d’échange de seringues … Lire plus
Le VIH, le handicap et les droits de la personne : Occasions offertes par la Convention des Nations Unies relative aux droits des personnes handicapées
Plusieurs liens existent entre l’infection à VIH et divers (autres) handicaps. Par conséquent, on souhaite de plus en plus que des partenariats s’établissent, entre activistes du domaine du VIH et activistes du domaine des handicaps, pour répondre aux préoccupations touchant les droits de la personne, y compris la discrimination. Publications Connexes VIH, Discapacidad y Derechos … Lire plus
Statement to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention re: Egyptian arrests (Item 3)
« [T]he Working Group on Arbitrary Detention in 2002 condemned the detention of men in Egypt on the basis of consensual homosexual conduct. In this case, the same law is being used to arrest and abuse people because of their actual or presumed HIV serostatus. Forcible HIV testing also violates basic rights to privacy and to … Lire plus
Recalibrating the Regime: The Need for a Human Rights-Based Approach to International Drug Policy
In three parts, this report: presents a critical analysis of the UN systems of drug control and human rights, and their relative relationship within overall UN governance, and outlines the basis for the primacy of human rights; highlights the multiple ways in which the enforcement of drug prohibition, the dominant approach of the UN drug … Lire plus