{"id":13903,"date":"2016-03-30T20:35:23","date_gmt":"2016-03-31T00:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aidslaw.ca\/site\/?page_id=13903"},"modified":"2025-09-24T11:22:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T15:22:31","slug":"canadian-hivaids-legal-network","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"HIV Legal Network"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin: -60px 0 0 0; padding: 0;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#ccc\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-row\">\n<div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-3 home-post-one\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<div class=\"home-post-image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-3.png)\"><\/div>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/black-communities\/?lang=en\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">HIV Criminalization -  Black Communities<\/a><\/h2>\n<p class=\"home-post-image-content\">These materials were prepared by the HIV &amp; AIDS Legal Clinic Ontario (HALCO), HIV Legal Network, African Caribbean Council on HIV\/ AIDS in Ontario (ACCHO), Africans in Partnership Against AIDS (APAA), and Black Coalition for AIDS Prevention (Black CAP). <a class=\"home-post-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/black-communities\/?lang=en\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-3 home-post-two\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<div class=\"home-post-image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/3-4.png)\"><\/div>\n<h2><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/towards-access-for-all-best-and-promising-practices-from-low-barrier-harm-reduction-shelters-in-canada\/?lang=en\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Towards Access for All<\/a><\/h2>\n<p class=\"home-post-image-content\">In this report, we share best and promising practices with the aim of promoting shelter accessibility across Canada for women and gender-diverse people. <a class=\"home-post-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/towards-access-for-all-best-and-promising-practices-from-low-barrier-harm-reduction-shelters-in-canada\/?lang=en\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-3 home-post-three-four\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<div class=\"home-post-three\">\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/protecting-safe-consumption-in-ontario\/?lang=en\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Charter challenge to the  Community Care and Recovery Act<\/a><\/h2>\n<p class=\"home-post-image-content\">Get all the information on the Constitutional Challenge to keep Consumption Treatment Service Sites operating in Ontario. On Monday, April 7, all parties involved in the constitutional challenge will reconvene at the request of the Court.  <a class=\"home-post-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/protecting-safe-consumption-in-ontario\/?lang=en\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"home-post-four\">\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/its-not-so-simple\/?lang=en\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">It\u2019s Not So Simple<\/a><\/h2>\n<p class=\"home-post-image-content\">This report builds on research demonstrating the many harms resulting from laws and policies that punish people who use drugs by specifically examining the consequences of recent shifts in how police and prosecutors pursue and lay drug possession and trafficking charges. <a class=\"home-post-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/its-not-so-simple\/?lang=en\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#ccc\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-row\">\n<div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<h2 class=\"home-h2\">Legal Network Land Acknowledgement<\/h2>\n<p>The HIV Legal Network works on the land now called Canada, which is located on treaty lands, stolen lands, and unceded territories of Indigenous groups and communities who have respected and cared for this land since time immemorial. We work to address the ongoing injustices and resulting health inequities faced by Indigenous Peoples that contribute to the disproportionate impact of the HIV epidemic on Indigenous communities. We are committed to learning to work in solidarity and to dismantling and decolonizing practices and institutions to respect Indigenous Peoples and Indigenous ways of knowing and being.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<h2 class=\"home-h2\">News Releases<\/h2>\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"su-posts su-posts-list-loop \">\r\n<li id=\"su-post-25668\" class=\"su-post \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/remembering-our-friend-stephen-lewis\/?lang=en\">March 31, 2026 &ndash; Remembering Our Friend, Stephen Lewis<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li id=\"su-post-25666\" class=\"su-post \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/organizations-worldwide-denounce-ontarios-decision-to-defund-remaining-supervised-consumption-sites\/?lang=en\">March 31, 2026 &ndash; Organizations Worldwide Denounce Ontario\u2019s Decision  to Defund Remaining Supervised Consumption Sites<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li id=\"su-post-25646\" class=\"su-post \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/statement-on-the-passage-of-bill-c-12\/?lang=en\">March 30, 2026 &ndash; Statement on the Passage of Bill C-12<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\n<p class=\"more-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/newsroom\/?lang=en\">More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#ccc\"><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"home-h2\">Blog Posts<\/h2>\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"su-posts su-posts-list-loop \">\r\n<li id=\"su-post-25543\" class=\"su-post \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/hiv-legal-network-statement-to-united-nations-human-rights-committee\/?lang=en\">March 2, 2026 &ndash; HIV Legal Network Statement to United Nations Human Rights Committee<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li id=\"su-post-25495\" class=\"su-post \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/hard-time-for-harm-reduction\/?lang=en\">January 29, 2026 &ndash; Hard Time for Harm Reduction<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li id=\"su-post-25492\" class=\"su-post \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/new-evidence-brief-highlights-profound-and-systemic-health-risks-within-immigration-detention\/?lang=en\">January 29, 2026 &ndash; New evidence brief highlights profound and systemic health risks within immigration detention<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\n<p class=\"more-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/blog-posts\/?lang=en\">More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#ccc\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ngosource.org\/about-equivalency-determination-on-file-badge.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-24616\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NGOsource-ED-on-File-Image-1-300x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NGOsource-ED-on-File-Image-1-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NGOsource-ED-on-File-Image-1.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13903","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13903"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25162,"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13903\/revisions\/25162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}