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Lettre à la ministre de la Coopération internationale Josée Verner — Objet : Démontrer l’engagement du Canada à réaliser d’ici 2010 l’accès universel aux moyens de prévention, de soins et de traitements liés au VIH

« [N]ous souhaitons vous inciter par la présente à continuer de démontrer l’engagement du Canada à la réponse mondiale au VIH/sida, lors de la rencontre des ministres du Développement et de la Coopération du G8, à Berlin, Allemagne, les 27 et 28 mars. Avant le Congrès international sur le sida de Toronto, l’été dernier, le … Lire plus

Closed to Reason: The International Narcotics Control Board and HIV/AIDS

Nearly one in three HIV infections outside Africa is among people who inject drugs. The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) could and should be playing a key role in stopping this injection-driven HIV epidemic — but it’s not. Instead, the Board — a 13-person, ostensibly independent body that does not speak for the United Nations … Lire plus

Medicines for all? Commitment and compromise in the fight for Canada’s law on compulsory licensing for export

Article in « The Power of Pills — Social, Ethical & Legal Issues in Drug Development, Marketing and Pricing » (Pluto Books, 2006) In May 2004, Canada became the first country to enact detailed legislation to allow compulsory licensing of patented pharmaceuticals so that lower-cost, generic versions could be exported to eligible developing countries lacking the industrial … Lire plus

Shelley v. the United Kingdom: Response to the submission of the U.K. government

After filing a submission to the European Court of Human Rights regarding this prisoner’s case against the British government, the Legal Network and the Irish Penal Reform Trust were invited to prepare a supplementary submission in reply to the U.K. government\’s observations. To read the original submission, see \ »Related Publications\ » below.

Letter to ECOSOC and the UNODC re: exclusion of NGOs from CND Committee of the Whole

« As representatives of ECOSOC-accredited non-governmental organizations who have attended the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), we write to express our concern and discontent with the recent recommendation by the Extended Bureau, relayed by CND secretary Andres Finguerut, that the Committee of the Whole should be a « private » meeting excluding NGOs. This recommendation violates the spirit … Lire plus