Publication Type: Advocacy
Letter to International Cooperation Minister Aileen Carroll re: Microbicides and Vaccines
” We write on behalf of the undersigned civil society organizations, many of whom actively participate in the Microbicides Advocacy Group Network (MAG-Net). MAG-Net is a coalition of 30 Canadian AIDS service organizations, sexual and reproductive health organizations, international development NGOs and researchers interested in promoting the development of alternative HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infection … Read more
Letter to Prime Minister Paul Martin re: Cancellation of the Debts of the Poorest Countries
“Perhaps more than any other G7 leader, you are aware of the importance of debt cancellation for impoverished countries, and the failures of past strategies to address the debt issue. Despite important gains secured by current debt relief strategies, poor countries still spend more on debt service than on health and education. Countries in Africa … Read more
Statement to the WHO-UNAIDS Consultation on Gender, Age and Race Factors in HIV Vaccine-related Research and Clinical Trials
“This presentation will touch on all of these issues as well, but from a different perspective: the perspective of human rights. In particular, we have heard a lot today about bioethics, which focuses on questions about what is right and wrong or more right or less wrong, and is informed by guidelines such as the … Read more
Letter to the Commission des droits de la personne re: École Nationale de Police du Québec and the Service du police de la ville de Montréal
“On 26 January 2004, the city council of Montréal adopted a policy outlining the medical standards for hiring of the Service de police de la ville de Montréal (SPVM); a copy of this policy is attached as Appendix A ( les “normes d’embauche”). These standards echo in large part those of the École Nationale de … Read more