Publications

There are increasing calls by public health authorities and policy-makers to modify or abandon the well-established model of voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) for HIV in favour of models that do not necessarily preserve the elements of informed consent, pre- and post-test counselling and confi dentiality of test results. This report summarizes the conclusions of … Read more

Joint written statement submitted by: Action Canada for Population and Development, Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, Center for Women’s Global Leadership, Global Rights, International Service for Human Rights, International Women\’s Health Coalition, and Women for Women’s Human Rights (New Ways), non-governmental organizations in special consultative status.

In this issue: Legal Network challenges federal crime bill Federal AIDS funding: more administration, less action? 15th Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research Legal Network represented at high-level UN meeting Legal Network contributes to CARICOM meeting on HIV and human rights Canadian Coalition of People Who Use Drugs Legal Network discusses sex worker rights with … Read more

“We struggle to know the shape of an effective and sustainable response to HIV/AIDS. It is perhaps simpleminded, but still, I think, crucial to suggest that we cannot succeed in fi nding an effective response if our analyses of HIV/AIDS are separate or abstract from the real-life situations of those who stand most directly in … Read more

There has recently been a movement on the part of the newly elected federal government to consider mandatory sentences and stiff penalties for drug offenders. However, scientific evidence indicates that mandatory minimum sentences only worsen the health-related harms associated with incarceration by increasing the transmission of infectious disease in prisons.

This report examines the issue of prison needle exchange based upon the international experience and evidence current to April 2006. The authors undertook a literature review, visited prisons in four countries, and corresponded with people responsible for administering prison needle exchange programs. The report provides a comprehensive review of the evidentiary and legal basis for … Read more

Призывы к рутинному обследованию на ВИЧ (рутинному тестированию на ВИЧ) по инициативе медработников все более настойчивы. В этой статье Джоан Чете и Ричард Эллиот обсуждают правозащитные и этические вопросы, возникающие в связи с подходом «рутинного обследования». Некоторые соображения, высказанные в статье, возникли в результате международной экспертной встречи по обследованию на ВИЧ и правам человека, проведенной … Read more

The calls for provider-initiated routine HIV testing are growing more intense. In this article, Joanne Csete and Richard Elliott discuss the human rights and ethical issues raised by the routine testing approach. Some points in this paper are inspired by an international expert meeting on HIV testing and human rights convened by the Center for … Read more

FEATURE Scaling up HIV testing: human rights and hidden costs CANADIAN DEVELOPMENTS Health Canada authorizes access to experimental HIV drugs, but only after a long struggle Question period: how will Canada’s new minority government approach HIV/AIDS? HIV-positive woman suing police, man who allegedly infected her and his family Medical marijuana users continue to experience legal … Read more

This publication summarizes selected cases in three thematic areas where there has been considerable litigation aimed at protecting and promoting the human rights of people living with HIV, namely: HIV-related discrimination; access to HIV-related treatment; and HIV prevention and care in prisons. This publication has been produced by HIV and human rights advocates and activists … Read more