El Satélite Trabajo Global en Red por el SIDA, la Ley y los Derechos Humanos se llevó a cabo el 12 de agosto del 2006 en Toronto, Canadá, en conjunción con la XVI Conferencia Internacional sobre SIDA. Las invitaciones para esta reunión de un día fueron extendidas a líderes alrededor del mundo que trabajan en … Read more
Global Networking for AIDS, Law and Human Rights was a one-day satellite held on 12 August 2006 in Toronto, Canada, in conjunction with the XVI International Conference on HIV/AIDS. Invitations to the satellite were extended to leaders from around the world in the area of AIDS, law and human rights. The purpose of the satellite … Read more
This submission explains why legislation authorizing the forced testing of federal prisoners for HIV, hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) should not be introduced or supported by the Government of Canada. Briefly stated, legislation authorizing the forced testing of people (i.e., without the individual’s informed consent) does not represent an appropriately balanced … Read more
There are increasing calls by public health authorities and policy-makers to modify or abandon the well-established model of voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) for HIV in favour of models that do not necessarily preserve the elements of informed consent, pre- and post-test counselling and confi dentiality of test results. This report summarizes the conclusions of … Read more
“We struggle to know the shape of an effective and sustainable response to HIV/AIDS. It is perhaps simpleminded, but still, I think, crucial to suggest that we cannot succeed in fi nding an effective response if our analyses of HIV/AIDS are separate or abstract from the real-life situations of those who stand most directly in … Read more
Призывы к рутинному обследованию на ВИЧ (рутинному тестированию на ВИЧ) по инициативе медработников все более настойчивы. В этой статье Джоан Чете и Ричард Эллиот обсуждают правозащитные и этические вопросы, возникающие в связи с подходом «рутинного обследования». Некоторые соображения, высказанные в статье, возникли в результате международной экспертной встречи по обследованию на ВИЧ и правам человека, проведенной … Read more
FEATURE Scaling up HIV testing: human rights and hidden costs CANADIAN DEVELOPMENTS Health Canada authorizes access to experimental HIV drugs, but only after a long struggle Question period: how will Canada’s new minority government approach HIV/AIDS? HIV-positive woman suing police, man who allegedly infected her and his family Medical marijuana users continue to experience legal … Read more
The calls for provider-initiated routine HIV testing are growing more intense. In this article, Joanne Csete and Richard Elliott discuss the human rights and ethical issues raised by the routine testing approach. Some points in this paper are inspired by an international expert meeting on HIV testing and human rights convened by the Center for … Read more