Publications

This submission describes several key human rights priorities and provides recommendations for Kazakhstan’s Government to better respect, protect and fulfill human rights, consistent with its international obligations, in areas of particular relevance to an effective response to HIV. Related Publications Материал поданный в Рабочую группу по Универсальному периодическому обзору Совета ООН по правам человека, 7 … Read more

“Thank you Mr. President, and Madam High Commissioner, for your update. The articulation of a broad range of human rights violations, in countries and regions around the world, is a sobering reminder that the Council must redouble its efforts to address all human rights situations, wherever they occur.”

“As front-line organizations, researchers and experts who work with people who use drugs, we are opposed to Bill C-15, an Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts.”

Harm reduction measures aimed at preventing HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission in prisons are neither new nor groundbreaking in Canada. Prison systems have implemented, to varying degrees, forms of harm reduction such as condoms, bleach and methadone maintenance treatment. However, as of September 2008, no Canadian jurisdiction had established a prison-based needle and … Read more

Опубликовано в At What Cost? HIV and Human Rights Consequences of the Global “War on Drugs”, Open Society Institute Public Health Program, 2009 (www.opensocietyfoundations.org/topics/drug-policy-reform). Related Publications Effects of UN and Russian Influence on Drug Policy in Central Asia (English version)

In 1998, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that a person living with HIV could be found guilty of aggravated assault if he or she did not disclose his or her HIV-positive status and exposed another person to a “significant risk” of HIV transmission. The notorious case — R. v. Cuerrier — involved an HIV-positive … Read more

FEATURE Criminalization confusion and concerns: the decade since the Cuerrier decision CANADIAN DEVELOPMENTS B.C. medical officers of health seek more supervised injection facilities Human rights complaint filed against Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons over methadone program More money for Vancouver drug court, but future funding for all drug courts uncertain Survey reveals need to … Read more