Publication Language: French
Injection Drug Use and HIV/AIDS: Legal and Ethical Issues
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
Network News 2 – August 1999
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
HIV/AIDS Policy and Law Review 4(4) Summer 1999
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
After Cuerrier: Canadian Criminal Law and the Non-Disclosure of HIV-Positive Status
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
HIV/AIDS Policy and Law Review 4(2-3) Spring 1999
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
HIV/AIDS and Discrimination
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
Gay and Lesbian Legal Issues and HIV/AIDS
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
Network News 1 – March 1999
In this issue: Welcome to Network News Highlights Recent Activities New Board Elected What Others Have Said Network Staff Resources
Gay and Lesbian Legal Issues and HIV/AIDS: Final Report
Gay and Lesbian Legal Issues and HIV/AIDS: Final Report was produced by the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network and the Canadian AIDS Society in 1998, as part of the Joint Project on Legal and Ethical Issues Raised by HIV/AIDS. The Final Report: • reviews how, historically, gay men and lesbians have suffered persistent patterns of discrimination and … Read more