Publication Language: French

Harm-reduction activism: a case study of an unsanctioned user-run safe injection site – HIV/AIDS Policy and Law Review 9(2), August 2004

Due to the ongoing health crisis among injection drug users in Vancouver, Canada, there have been repeated calls for the establishment of safe injection sites (SISs) since the early 1990s. In April 2003, in response to a large-scale police crackdown and government inaction, a group of activists opened an unsanctioned SIS in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside … Read more

HIV/AIDS Policy and Law Review 9(2) August 2004

FEATURES Human rights and HIV/AIDS in the context of 3 by 5: time for new directions? Harm-reduction activism: a case study of an unsanctioned user-run safe injection site CANADIAN NEWS Canada announces new funding for domestic and global fight against AIDS Reports call for end to harms caused by Criminal Code prohibitions surrounding prostitution Nova … Read more

Human rights and HIV/AIDS in the context of 3 by 5: time for new directions? – HIV/AIDS Policy and Law Review 9(2), August 2004

Over the last decade, the success of the human rights–based approach to HIV/AIDS has been spotty, says Mark Heywood. In this feature article, the author describes the challenges that remain in implementing a human rights approach. He presents an analysis of questions raised by De Cock et al concerning the applicability of the human rights … Read more

Letter to the Commission des droits de la personne re: École Nationale de Police du Québec and the Service du police de la ville de Montréal

“On 26 January 2004, the city council of Montréal adopted a policy outlining the medical standards for hiring of the Service de police de la ville de Montréal (SPVM); a copy of this policy is attached as Appendix A ( les “normes d’embauche”). These standards echo in large part those of the École Nationale de … Read more

Network News 16 – July 2004

In this issue: Network plays key role in building a comprehensive, global response to HIV/AIDS as treatment, microbicide and vaccine advocates join forces Network Fights Discriminatory hiring practices at the Montreal Police Service Global Health is a Human Right garners widespread support HIV/AIDS, Prisoners, Human Rights and the Law Disclosure of HIV Status After Cuerrier: … Read more