FEATURES HIV Testing and Treatment of Children HIV/AIDS and Children’s Rights HIV/AIDS IN CANADIAN COURTS BC Human Rights Tribunal Rules on Discrimination by London Life AIDS Organizations Denied Leave to Intervene in Insurance Case No Removal of HIV-Positive Man for Marijuana Conviction Criminalization of Assisted Suicide Challenge No Duty to Preserve Benefits for Employee with … Read more
The object of this report is to analyze the following questions with a view to informing that policy development: Should HIV testing be offered to all pregnant women, or only to those at increased risk of HIV infection? Should HIV testing of pregnant women be voluntary, or should it be mandatory? Should physicians be required … Read more
Seven priority issues have been analyzed: What is the impact of the current legal status of drugs and drug use on efforts to prevent HIV infection among injection drug users and on the provision of care, treatment, and support to drug users with HIV/AIDS? What are alternatives to the current legal regime on drugs and … Read more
FEATURES Injection Drug Use and HIV/AIDS: Another Call for Action Newly Infected People and Clinical Trials: Ethical Issues PREGNANCY AND HIV/AIDS An Ethical Analysis of HIV Testing of Pregnant Women and Their Newborns New Law on Testing Newborns in Connecticut US: Court Denies Legal Custody of Child to Breast-feeding Mother with HIV HIV/AIDS IN CANADIAN … Read more
In this issue: 1999 and 2000 Annual General Meetings Highlights Three-Year Project Funding Secured Recent Activities Resource Centre Now Open Partnership with the AIDS Law Project, South Africa Important Dates Comments and Feedback New Resources
The Report provides an overview of the Cuerrier decision. Based on the judgment, the Report then attempts to provide some answers (where possible) as to when an HIV-positive person may risk criminal prosecution if they do not disclose their status, looking at the possibility of HIV transmission through sexual activity, transmission through sharing drug injection … Read more
FEATURES Supreme Court Rules in R v Cuerrier Legal, Ethical, and Human Rights Issues at Geneva98 CANADIAN NEWS Legal, Ethical, and Human Rights Issues Raised by HIV/AIDS: A Plan for 1999–2003 HIV/AIDS IN CANADIAN COURTS HIV/AIDS in Canadian Courts in 1998: An Overview Québec Court of Appeal Rules on the Constitutionality of Law on Anal … Read more
This is a series of eight info sheets: An Epidemic of Stigma and Discrimination Stigma and Discrimination: Definitions and Concepts Stigma and Discrimination: The Consequences Examples of Stigma and Discrimination The Impact of Stigma and Discrimination Responding to Stigma and Discrimination – Part 1 Responding to Stigma and Discrimination – Part 2 Conclusions and Recommendations
This is a series of nine info sheets that address LGBTQ legal issues in the context of HIV: A History of Discrimination (Info Sheet 1) The Links Between HIV/AIDS and Homophobia (Info Sheet 2) Gay Men, Lesbians, and the Law (Info Sheets 3 and 4) Impact of Stigma and Discrimination (Info Sheets 5, 6, 7 … Read more