“For Canada and the world, 2010 is a year of opportunities that can and should be seized by Parliament and the Government, working in collaboration with community organizations, to make real progress in saving lives and making a healthier nation and world.” (Advertisement placed in The Hill Times, Monday, January 18, 2010, p. 21)
On the evening of December 2, 2009, in a victory for treatment activists, Canada’s House of Commons voted narrowly (143 in favour, 127 against) to move forward with a private member’s bill that would streamline “Canada’s Access to Medicines Regime” (CAMR), the law originally passed in 2004 to implement the WTO General Council Decision of … Read more
“We write to urge you to support legislation that will make it easier to send life-saving medicine to developing countries and, in the process, reaffirm Canada’s history of commitment to helping our fellow citizens of the world.”
This submission describes several key human rights priorities and provides recommendations for the Republic of Armenia to better respect, protect and fulfill human rights, consistent with its international legal obligations, in areas of particular relevance to effective response to HIV.
Brief presented November 18, 2009 to the Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs regarding Bill C-15, An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts.
This submission describes several key human rights priorities and provides recommendations for the Kyrgyz Republic to better respect, protect and fulfill human rights, consistent with its international legal obligations, in areas of particular relevance to effective response to HIV. Related Publications Материал поданный в Рабочую группу по Универсальному периодическому обзору Совета ООН по правам человека, … Read more
В данном документе представлен ряд ключевых вопросов первостепенной важности в сфере прав человека, а также рекомендации Кыргызской Республике в связи с обеспечением гарантий уважения, охраны и соблюдения прав человека в соответствии с международными правовыми обязательствами в областях, имеющих непосредственное отношение к предотвращению распространения ВИЧ. Related Publications Submission to the UN Human Rights Council Universal Periodic … Read more
В настоящем документе описывается несколько главных приоритетов в области прав человека, и формулируются рекомендации для Правительства Казахстана по более полному уважению, защите и осуществлению прав человека, в соответствии с его международными обязательствами, в областях, имеющих наиболее тесную связь с эффективным реагированием на ВИЧ. Related Publications Submission to the UN Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review … Read more
Complementing the Legal Network’s earlier detailed legal analysis of Bill S-232’s proposed reforms to Canada’s Access to Medicines Regime (CAMR), this supplementary submission outlines in summary form the key issues and the provisions of WTO law that permit Canada to simplify the current CAMR as proposed by Bill S-232, while complying with its legal obligations … Read more
Canada’s Access to Medicines Regime (CAMR) is not delivering on Parliament’s pledge to help developing countries get affordable medicines. The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network endorses the amendments proposed in Bill S-232 that will help fix the current, flawed Regime.