This is a series of case studies outlining how laws and policies dealing with various aspects of HIV/AIDS can and should be based on human rights laws and principles. Criminalization of sex work(ers): The human rights case for law reform Pregnancy and HIV testing policy: The need to respect and protect human rights HIV prevention … Read more
This is a series of six info sheets on the disability income and other benefit programs people living with HIV/AIDS in Canada rely upon: HIV/AIDS and income insecurity Employment Insurance sickness benefit Long-term disability insurance Canada and Quebec Pension Plan disability benefit Provincial and territorial social assistance Overcoming the barriers to income security: recommendations for … Read more
“In a matter of days, government delegates will be gathering in Hong Kong for the latest landmark event in the ongoing process of economic globalization — the Sixth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO). We, members of civil society from developed and developing countries, concerned about the impact of this process on the … Read more
In December 2005, the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network released Sex, work, rights: reforming Canadian criminal laws on prostitution. The report examines the ways in which the prostitution-related provisions of the Criminal Code, and their enforcement, have criminalized many aspects of sex workers’ lives and have promoted their social marginalization. The Legal Network calls for the … Read more
This booklet summarizes the main issues addressed in the Legal Network’s paper on greater involvement of people who use illegal drugs. In particular, it explains why people who use illegal drugs must be meaningfully involved in Canada’s response to HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C (HCV), and injection drug use, and the benefits of greater involvement. The booklet … Read more