In 1998, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that a person living with HIV could be found guilty of aggravated assault if he or she did not disclose his or her HIV-positive status and exposed another person to a “significant risk” of HIV transmission. The notorious case — R. v. Cuerrier — involved an HIV-positive … Read more
FEATURE Criminalization confusion and concerns: the decade since the Cuerrier decision CANADIAN DEVELOPMENTS B.C. medical officers of health seek more supervised injection facilities Human rights complaint filed against Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons over methadone program More money for Vancouver drug court, but future funding for all drug courts uncertain Survey reveals need to … Read more
FEATURES Broad action to fix CAMR, treat children First Annual Symposium on HIV, Law and Human Rights Compulsory drug treatment in Thailand: raising human rights concerns Women’s rights legislative resource previewed HIV and the law, post-Jane Doe Yukon gets reprieve on forced HIV testing PROFILE Gilles Marchildon LEGAL NETWORK IN THE NEWS IN BRIEF Treatment … Read more
ARTÍCULO Contagio legislativo: creando resistencia ACONTECIMIENTOS CANADIENSES Los resultados del primer estudio en Norteamérica sobre heroína con prescripción son alentadores Una nueva política sobre demanda excesiva para los solicitantes de inmigración British Columbia promulga la Ley E-Health (E-Salud) (La mayoría de) los partidos políticos respondieron al cuestionario sobre temas de SIDA en la elección federal … Read more
FEATURE Legislation contagion: building resistance CANADIAN DEVELOPMENTS Results of the first North American prescription heroin study are promising New excessive demand policy for immigration applicants British Columbia adopts E-Health Act (Most) political parties respond to questionnaire on AIDS issues during federal election Immigration and Refugee Protection Act amended In brief Federal Government announces new strategy … Read more
The HIV/AIDS Policy & Law Review recently carried a feature article recounting the spread of problematic new HIV laws in west and central Africa. It outlined less-than-model approaches in the AWARE-HIV/AIDS “model” law and described how its provisions had been replicated in many national HIV laws. At the time of writing that article, eight national … Read more
FEATURES Prisoner health activist honoured at AGM Legal Network participates in UN review of global drug policy Hard Time gets national launch The AWARE-HIV/AIDS law: a negative role-“model” Cautious optimism greets Regime breakthrough PROFILE Students bring the world to the Legal Network MEDIA SCAN IN BRIEF Fine-tuning draft legislation on women’s rights Barcelona: Harm Reduction … Read more
FEATURES Delivery past due: global precedent set under Canada’s Access to Medicines Regime Developing guidance for HIV prosecutions: an example of harm reduction? Access to condoms in U.S. prisons CANADIAN DEVELOPMENTS Legislation imposing mandatory minimum sentences for drug offences passes second reading Manitoba legislation would authorize testing for HIV without informed consent Organ donation regulations … Read more
In England and Wales, where prosecutions for reckless HIV transmission have been taking place since 2003, the HIV sector persuaded the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to consult on the production of Legal Guidance for CPS prosecutors and caseworkers in this area of law, as well as an accompanying Policy Statement. In this article, Yusef Azad … Read more