Publications

In this issue: Canada Votes 2006 Legal Network advises CARICOM on legal services Legal Network staff attend Foreign Affairs Canada consultation Bringing the voices of people who use drugs to the national stage “Sex, work, rights” at Alberta Harm Reduction Conference Sex work presentation to PHAC Montréal event highlights situation of homeless people The Legal … Read more

Related Publications Обмен игл в тюрьмах: уроки всестороннего изучения международного опыта и подтверждённых доказательствами результатов  (Russian version)   L’échange de seringues en prison : leçons d’un examen complet des données et expériences internationales (deuxième édition, 2006)  (French version)   Prison Needle Exchange: Lessons from a Comprehensive Review of International Evidence and Experience (Second Edition, 2006)  (English version)

“I write to you, on behalf of the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, to express our concern with recent public reports of Toronto police officers confiscating and destroying personal possessions, including drug use equipment, from people who use illegal drugs. We refer, in particular, to the story that appeared recently on the front page of The … Read more

This is a series of case studies outlining how laws and policies dealing with various aspects of HIV/AIDS can and should be based on human rights laws and principles. Criminalization of sex work(ers): The human rights case for law reform Pregnancy and HIV testing policy: The need to respect and protect human rights HIV prevention … Read more

Related Publications Поддерживающая терапия метадоном в исправительных учреждениях: Обзор фактов  (Russian version)   Opioid Substitution Therapy in Prisons: Reviewing the Evidence  (English version)

Related Publications Программы обмена игл и шприцев и раздачи хлоррастрвора в тюрьмах: Обзор фактов  (Russian version)   Needle and Syringe Programs and Bleach in Prisons: Reviewing the Evidence  (English version)

“We have recently learned that the thirty-fourth Expert Committee On Drug Dependence (ECDD), which will meet in Geneva on 28–31 March, has included on its agenda a “final decision” on the rescheduling of buprenorphine, a medication used for pain relief and for the treatment of opiate dependence. We understand that under consideration is whether to … Read more

Related Publications HIV/AIDS in Prisons in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union  (English version)

This is a series of 12 info sheets: HIV/AIDS and HCV in prisons: the facts High-risk behaviours behind bars HIV transmission in prison Condoms and prevention of sexual abuse Bleach and other disinfectants Needle and syringe programs Opioid substitution treatment Care and treatment A comprehensive strategy Women prisoners and HIV/AIDS A moral and legal obligation … Read more