Publications

FEATURES The criminalization of HIV transmission in England and Wales: questions of law and policy CANADIAN DEVELOPMENTS HIV disclosure no longer required on application form for temporary resident visa Safer tattooing piloted in six federal prisons Ottawa: City Council approves distribution of crack kits Bill to export generic drugs comes into force Recommendations published concerning … Read more

This is a series of 13 info sheets on legal and ethical issues related to injection drug use and HIV/AIDS. Injection Drug Use and HIV/AIDS in Canada: The Facts The Current Legal Status of Drugs in Canada International Law: Drug Control and Human Rights Drug Use and the Provision of Health & Social Services Treatment … Read more

In this issue: No more requirements for short-term visitors to Canada to disclose HIV status on visa application form Consolidation of Legal Network Offices in Toronto Episodic Disability Advocates Push for Income Security Harm Reduction under Attack: Key Moment for Support Network at UN Meeting on HIV/AIDS in prisons New Resources Feedback Inside the Network … Read more

This work is part of larger, ongoing efforts to ensure that people living with HIV/AIDS, and especially those from developing countries, do not encounter unnecessary barriers in seeking to visit Canada.

Related Publications HIV Vaccines and Human Rights: Community Action Kit  (English version)   Vaccins anti-VIH et droits humains : Trousse d’action communautaire (French version)

This is a series of 12 info sheets: HIV/AIDS vaccines: The basics HIV/AIDS, vaccines and human rights Getting started: Approval of HIV vaccines trials Ensuring community participation in making decisions about HIV vaccine trials Informed consent and voluntary participation in HIV vaccine trials The right to prevention, care and confidentiality for HIV vaccine trials participants … Read more

The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network is pleased to submit herewith material in response to the PMPRB’s recent discussion paper on the question of price increases in Canada for patented medicines.

We call upon the federal and provincial governments and private insurance companies to work with each other and with people living with disabilities to bring about long-overdue reform.

“Chairperson, distinguished delegates: the era of silence is over. In ever-increasing numbers, lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender people, our friends, supporters and allies are raising our voices, and we seek no more than the recognition of our inherent right to be treated with the equal dignity and respect to which all members of the human family … Read more