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HIV non-disclosure and criminal law: Implications of recent Supreme Court of Canada decisions for people living with HIV
On October 5, 2012, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decisions in the cases of Mabior and D.C. The Court decided that people living with HIV have a legal duty, under the criminal law, to disclose their HIV-positive status to sexual partners before having sex that poses a “realistic possibility” of HIV transmission. Not … Read more
HIV non-disclosure and the criminal law: An analysis of two recent decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada
On October 5, 2012, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decisions in the cases of Mabior and D.C. The Court decided that people living with HIV have a legal duty, under the criminal law, to disclose their HIV-positive status to sexual partners before having sex that poses a “realistic possibility” of HIV transmission. Not … Read more
HIV non-disclosure and the criminal law: A summary of two recent decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada
On October 5, 2012, the Supreme Court of Canada released important decisions in two cases of HIV non-disclosure; namely, R. v. Mabior and R. v. D.C. Mabior is a man who had sex with several women without disclosing his HIV-positive status. D.C. is a woman who had sex with her abusive former partner once before … Read more
Fixing Canada’s Access to Medicines Regime (CAMR): What You Need to Know About Bill C-398
In this document, we identify some of the key claims made by those who oppose CAMR reform and explain why these are incorrect and misleading. Updated October 2012
Fixing Canada’s Access to Medicines Regime (CAMR): 20 Questions & Answers
In this document: Questions 1 to 4 give a quick overview of CAMR and why it needs to be fixed. Questions 5 to 11 provide more in-depth, background information. Questions 12 to 14 explain the solution for fixing CAMR. Questions 15 to 20 respond to some of the main objections to reforming CAMR. Updated October … Read more
Letter to Dr. Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank re: financial transaction taxes as a source of innovative finance
“We, the undersigned 58 organizations, … encourage you to use your prominent position of influence to become a vocal champion of innovative ways to ensure sufficient resources are available to tackle the most pressing problems faced by the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people.”
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
Notice of Application to Ontario Superior Court of Justice
BETWEEN: STEVEN SIMONS, CANADIAN HIV/AIDS LEGAL NETWORK, PRISONERS WITH HIV/AIDS SUPPORT ACTION NETWORK, CANADIAN ABORIGINAL AIDS NETWORK and CATIE (Applicants) – and – MINISTER OF PUBLIC SAFETY, CORRECTIONAL SERVICE OF CANADA, COMMISSIONER OF THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICE OF CANADA and ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA (Respondents) APPLICATION UNDER Rule 14.05 of the Rules of Civil Procedure, R.R.O. … Read more
Drug consumption rooms: Evidence and practice
This briefing paper provides a short summary of the background, history and objectives of drug consumption rooms (DCRs), and analyses available evidence regarding their impact. The second part of the briefing paper consists of an overview of the various DCRs in different countries, with a particular focus on the concepts used to develop these facilities … Read more
Update on two Ontario appeals regarding criminalization of HIV non-disclosure
On June 25, the Ontario Court of Appeal decided to postpone hearing appeals in two prosecutions for HIV non-disclosure, R v. M and R v. F, until after the Supreme Court of Canada delivers its decisions in two other cases, R v. Mabior and R v. DC, anticipated later this year.
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