Publication Type: Advocacy

Letter to Canadian Minister of International Trade re: Trans‐Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement and safeguarding access to medicines

“We, the undersigned civil society organizations, write to you in order to express our deep concern with some of the provisions proposed for the intellectual property, pharmaceutical pricing and investment chapters of the Trans‐Pacific Partnership agreement (TPP). We are concerned that the measures currently being considered could lead to an agreement that would hamper the ability of millions … Read more

Canada v Bedford (Supreme Court of Canada) — Factum of the interveners HIV Coalition

In the Supreme Court of Canada (on Appeal from the Court of Appeal for Ontario) between: ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ONTARIO Appellants (Respondents on Cross-Appeal) and TERRI JEAN BEDFORD, AMY LEBOVITCH AND VALERIE SCOTT Respondents (Appellants on Cross-Appeal) and ATTORNEY GENERAL OF QUEBEC ATTORNEY GENERAL OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Interveners Factum of the … Read more

Параллельный Доклад Международному КЭСКП — К вопросу о принятии списка вопросов Правительству Узбекистана

По состоянию на 1 января 2012 года в Узбекистане было официально зарегистрировано 21524 лиц с ВИЧ-инфекцией; из которых 44,6% идентифицированы как люди, употребляющие инъекционные наркотики. Употребление инъекционных наркотиков является основным фактором риска, влияющим на рост эпидемии в Узбекистане. Related Publications Report to the International Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR): Adoption of the … Read more

The criminalization of HIV non-disclosure: Recommendations for police

Submissions to the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police Diversity Committee by the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network and the HIV & AIDS Legal Clinic Ontario, February 2013 These submissions are informed by the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network’s and the HIV & AIDS Legal Clinic Ontario’s (HALCO) extensive experience in working on the issue of the … Read more

Civil society letter to members of the World Trade Organization re: a further extension of the transition period for Least Developed Countries under article 66.1 of the TRIPS agreement

“As civil society organisations concerned with access to medicines, to educational resources, to environmentally sound technologies, and to other public goods and cultural creations and further concerned with farmers’ rights, food security, human flourishing, sustainable and equitable technological and industrial development in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), we call on WTO Members to unconditionally accord the … Read more

Submission to the UN Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review Working Group, Sixteenth Session (2012) re: Review of Russian Federation

This report is focused on the implementation of recommendations given to the Government of the Russian Federation by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) regarding access to HIV prevention, drug treatment and overdose prevention among people who inject drugs in the Russian Federation. We propose a number of recommendations that the UPR … Read more