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Consensus crumbling: report from the UN General Assembly Special Session on drugs

October 4, 2022April 29, 2016

By Richard Elliott, Executive Director April 29, 2016 It was a surreal exercise that unfolded at the UN in New York last week — a pretend consensus, and a terrible dereliction of duty by some of the world’s governments. And yet, paradoxically, I left the event at the end of the week feeling profoundly encouraged. … Read more

UNGASS 2016: Recommendations to Canada for Promoting Smart Policy on Drugs

October 4, 2022April 18, 2016

In February 2016, the National UNGASS Working Group (supported by the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition and Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network) delivered a brief to Canada’s federal government, outlining 10 priority recommendations to inform the ongoing negotiations at the UN in the lead-up to the UNGASS in April. This will include negotiations at the upcoming session … Read more

Canadian Civil Society Calls for Federal Action on Global Drug Policy

October 4, 2022April 18, 2016

One hundred Canadian civil society organizations are calling on the Canadian federal government to champion progressive and evidence-based drug policy positions at this week’s world forum on drugs. Spearheaded by the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network and the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition (CDPC), this civil society groundswell is asking federal Health Minister Dr. Jane Philpott to … Read more

Health and Human Rights Coalition Applauds Supreme Court Decision in Drug-Sentencing Case

September 25, 2022April 15, 2016

As a coalition of interveners in the Supreme Court of Canada case, R. v. Lloyd, we applaud the Court for recognizing that a mandatory minimum sentence (MMS) for certain drug offences is not only harsh and damaging, but also unconstitutional. We hope that this decision is one more step towards ending Canada’s harmful, punitive approach … Read more

(Français) Compte-rendu des exposés de la journée d’étude du 03-12-2015 «Les enjeux de la pénalisation de la transmission du VIH»

September 26, 2022March 22, 2016

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Diplomacy or denialism? International statement highlights problems with world drug policy meetings

October 4, 2022March 14, 2016

March 14, 2016 This week, the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) is convening in Vienna to prepare for the highly anticipated UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on the “world drug problem,” which will take place next month (April 19–21) in New York. The last UNGASS on drugs was in 1998, under the banner of … Read more

Promoting Smart Policy on Drugs: Brief to the Minister of Health

October 4, 2022March 7, 2016

“The UN General Assembly Special Session on the World Drug Problem (UNGASS) in April 2016 is a significant opportunity for Canada

Consent: Community engagement discussion guide

October 4, 2022February 25, 2016

This Discussion Guide was created for people who want to use the film Consent: HIV non-disclosure and sexual assault law to engage colleagues, clients, students and communities on the use of sexual assault law to criminalize HIV non-disclosure in Canada. It is meant to be used as a companion piece to the film. To watch Consent online, … Read more

What Does Consent Really Mean? Rethinking HIV non-disclosure and sexual assault law

September 25, 2022February 25, 2016

In April 2014, the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network hosted a ground-breaking workshop, Rethinking HIV Non-Disclosure and Sexual Assault: A Feminist Dialogue. Approximately 30 socio-legal scholars, criminologists, lawyers, anti-violence advocates, researchers, graduate students, people living with HIV, and other members of the feminist and HIV communities participated in a series of panels and roundtables. This report … Read more

Tuberculosis, Stigma and Drug Control: A case from Russia

October 4, 2022February 4, 2016

By Mikhail Golichenko, Senior Policy Analyst, Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network February 4, 2016 In December 2015, I attended a judicial workshop on human rights and tuberculosis (TB) organized by the University of Chicago Center in Delhi. It was a great gathering of civil society activists, judges, lawyers and medical practitioners from more than ten countries including … Read more