FEATURES Rwanda first to use Canada’s Access to Medicines Regime to buy affordable AIDS drug Executive Director changeover False start – West Africa and the flawed model law on HIV PROFILES New faces at the Legal Network MEDIA SCAN IN BRIEF New board members Ottawa cancels safe crack kits program Law reform in Central Asia … Read more
This booklet looks at existing provincial legislation in Ontario, Alberta, Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan and Manitoba allowing forced testing for blood-borne diseases such as HIV. We conclude with a commentary on why forced testing is unjustified and unnecessary, and what measures are really needed to deal with workplace exposure to HIV.
At the United Nations’ 2006 High Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS, world leaders reaffirmed that “the full realization of all human rights and fundamental freedoms for all is an essential element in the global response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic.” Yet, 25 years into the AIDS epidemic, this “essential element” remains the missing piece in the fight … Read more
From 19 – 21 April 2007, in Ottawa, Canada, the North-South Institute and the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network jointly organized an international expert meeting to discuss Canada’s Access to Medicines Regime, broader global developments related to intellectual property (IP) and access to medicines, and alternative approaches for addressing the global deficit in both research into … Read more
The Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development (ICAD), the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, and the Canadian Working Group on HIV and Rehabilitation (CWGHR) led a consultative process to gather civil society perspectives on Canada’s global engagement on HIV and AIDS. This document is based on the findings from two sets of key informant interviews, a … Read more