{"id":2151,"date":"2013-06-20T16:01:44","date_gmt":"2013-06-20T16:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aidslaw.ca\/newsite\/?page_id=2151"},"modified":"2022-11-04T20:38:51","modified_gmt":"2022-11-05T00:38:51","slug":"testing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/our-work\/testing\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Testing"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"header2\">Overview<\/h2>\n<p>HIV testing raises numerous human rights issues. When a test for HIV was first developed, there were calls for compulsory testing and quarantine of those testing positive. Ever since, political, technological and medical developments in testing for HIV and treating HIV infection have continued to raise serious legal and ethical questions.<\/p>\n<p>Human rights law requires that HIV testing include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>informed consent;<\/li>\n<li>pre- and post-test counselling; and<\/li>\n<li>guaranteed confidentiality of test results.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These elements are crucial to the success of HIV testing as a public health measure to reduce HIV transmission and to provide care, treatment and support for people who test HIV-positive.<\/p>\n<p><b>We work on<\/b> numerous legal and human rights dimensions of HIV testing, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>access to anonymous HIV testing;<\/li>\n<li>HIV testing and immigration policy;<\/li>\n<li>rapid HIV testing;<\/li>\n<li>home testing for HIV and access to HIV testing outside health care settings;<\/li>\n<li>testing within Aboriginal communities in Canada;<\/li>\n<li>routine testing of women during pregnancy and testing of newborns;<\/li>\n<li>testing of specific populations such as prisoners, sex workers, military personnel; and<\/li>\n<li>forced testing in instances of occupational or non-occupational exposure to HIV.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#ccc\"><\/div>\n<h2>Learn more:<\/h2>\n<div class=\"our-work learn-more\">\n<div class=\"su-tabs su-tabs-style-default su-tabs-mobile-stack\" data-active=\"1\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-tabs-nav\"><span class=\"\" data-url=\"\" data-target=\"blank\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Publications<\/span><span class=\"\" data-url=\"\" data-target=\"blank\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">News<\/span><\/div><div class=\"su-tabs-panes\"><div class=\"su-tabs-pane su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" data-title=\"Publications\">\n<div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/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-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div>\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"su-posts su-posts-default-loop \">\r\n\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"su-post-26036\" class=\"su-post \">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"su-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/letter-to-canadian-officials-united-nations-high-level-meeting-on-hiv-and-aids\/?lang=en\">Letter to Canadian Officials &#8211; United Nations High-Level Meeting on HIV and AIDS<\/a><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-meta\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\tPublished: June 17, 2026\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-excerpt\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Canadian civil society organizations are calling on Canada to continue showing leadership in global health, human rights, gender equality, and sexual and reproductive rights (SRHR) by supporting a strong Political Declaration at the HLM in June. Specifically, we urge Canada to demonstrate leadership in negotiations on the draft of the Political Declaration by supporting language &#8230; <a title=\"Letter to Canadian Officials &#8211; United Nations High-Level Meeting on HIV and AIDS\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/letter-to-canadian-officials-united-nations-high-level-meeting-on-hiv-and-aids\/\" aria-label=\"More on Letter to Canadian Officials &#8211; United Nations High-Level Meeting on HIV and AIDS\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"su-post-24886\" class=\"su-post \">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"su-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/2025-election-candidate-questions-response-from-the-bloc-quebecois\/?lang=en\">2025 Election Candidate Questions \u2013 Response from the Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois<\/a><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-meta\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\tPublished: April 23, 2025\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-excerpt\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>On Friday, April 11, the HIV Legal Network\u00a0wrote to the party leaders in the Canadian Federal election\u00a0with\u00a0key questions on their party\u2019s positions on issues related to HIV, human rights, and the law.\u00a0 Download the response from the Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois, received on April 16, 2025 (French only):<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"su-post-24877\" class=\"su-post \">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"su-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/2025-election-candidate-questions-response-from-the-green-party-of-canada\/?lang=en\">2025 Election Candidate Questions &#8211; Response from the Green Party of Canada<\/a><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-meta\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\tPublished: April 23, 2025\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-excerpt\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>On Friday, April 11, the HIV Legal Network\u00a0wrote to the party leaders in the Canadian Federal election\u00a0with key questions on their party\u2019s positions on issues related to HIV, human rights, and the law.\u00a0 Download the response from the Green Party of Canada, received on April 22, 2025:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"su-post-23831\" class=\"su-post \">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"su-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/statement-a-human-rights-based-approach-to-hiv-self-testing\/?lang=en\">Statement: A human rights\u2013based approach to HIV self-testing<\/a><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-meta\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\tPublished: November 22, 2023\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-excerpt\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>HIV self-testing is a powerful tool, particularly if delivered through an approach that meets people where they are. Making self-tests available can promote uptake by offering people privacy, independence, and control as they decide when and where to take an HIV test. By increasing access and empowering individuals, HIV self-testing is an innovative way to &#8230; <a title=\"Statement: A human rights\u2013based approach to HIV self-testing\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/statement-a-human-rights-based-approach-to-hiv-self-testing\/\" aria-label=\"More on Statement: A human rights\u2013based approach to HIV self-testing\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"su-post-22813\" class=\"su-post \">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"su-post-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/rights-within-reach-strategic-plan-2022-2027\/?lang=en\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"735\" height=\"943\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/EN-strat-plan-cover.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/EN-strat-plan-cover.jpg 735w, https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/EN-strat-plan-cover-234x300.jpg 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"su-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/rights-within-reach-strategic-plan-2022-2027\/?lang=en\">Rights Within Reach: Strategic Plan 2022-2027<\/a><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-meta\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\tPublished: October 18, 2022\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-excerpt\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>The HIV Legal Network promotes the human rights of people living with HIV or AIDS and other populations disproportionately affected by HIV and criminalization, in Canada and internationally. In 2021, we undertook a planning process that would shape the strategic goals and priorities for the organization\u2019s next five years (2022-2027). To do this, we sought &#8230; <a title=\"Rights Within Reach: Strategic Plan 2022-2027\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/rights-within-reach-strategic-plan-2022-2027\/\" aria-label=\"More on Rights Within Reach: Strategic Plan 2022-2027\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\r\n<\/div>\r\n\n<div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"search-all\" href=\"..\/publications\/?lang=en&amp;_sft_publication_topics=testing\">Search all publications<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-tabs-pane su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" data-title=\"News\">\n<div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/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-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div>\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"su-posts su-posts-default-loop \">\r\n\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"su-post-23835\" class=\"su-post \">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"su-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/canada-must-take-a-human-rights-based-approach-to-hiv-self-testing\/?lang=en\">Canada Must Take a Human Rights-Based Approach to HIV Self-Testing<\/a><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-meta\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\tPublished: November 23, 2023\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-excerpt\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>On International Testing Week, more than 40 organizations from across Canada sign statement of support This statement can be attributed to the HIV Legal Network, HIV &amp; AIDS Legal Clinic Ontario and the Canadian AIDS Society. Toronto, ON (November 23, 2023) \u2013 Today, more than 40 health and human rights organizations across the country have &#8230; <a title=\"Canada Must Take a Human Rights-Based Approach to HIV Self-Testing\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/canada-must-take-a-human-rights-based-approach-to-hiv-self-testing\/\" aria-label=\"More on Canada Must Take a Human Rights-Based Approach to HIV Self-Testing\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"su-post-16729\" class=\"su-post \">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"su-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/the-missing-millions\/?lang=en\">PRESS RELEASE: The Missing Millions, the Government of Canada and HIV<\/a><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-meta\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\tPublished: April 16, 2018\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-excerpt\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>As community organizations are closing, the federal government presides over the continued steady erosion of federal HIV funding, with $104 million in funds lost from the response.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"su-post-779\" class=\"su-post \">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"su-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/manitoba-forced-hiv-testing-law-based-on-flawed-rationale\/?lang=en\">Manitoba Forced HIV Testing Law Based on Flawed Rationale<\/a><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-meta\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\tPublished: April 16, 2008\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-excerpt\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"su-post-594\" class=\"su-post \">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"su-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/al-mcnutt-fighting-hivaids-in-small-town-canada-truro-man-receives-award-for-courageous-aids-and-human-rights-efforts\/?lang=en\">Al McNutt: Fighting HIV\/AIDS in small-town Canada &#8211; Truro man receives award for courageous AIDS and human rights efforts<\/a><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-meta\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\tPublished: September 9, 2005\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-excerpt\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"su-post-591\" class=\"su-post \">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"su-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/criminal-charges-against-hiv-positive-mother-inappropriate-response-says-canadian-hivaids-legal-network\/?lang=en\">Criminal Charges Against HIV-positive Mother Inappropriate Response, says Canadian HIV\/AIDS Legal Network<\/a><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-meta\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\tPublished: May 27, 2005\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-excerpt\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\r\n<\/div>\r\n\n<div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"search-all\" href=\"..\/newsroom\/?lang=en&amp;_sft_publication_topics=testing\">Search all news articles<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview HIV testing raises numerous human rights issues. When a test for HIV was first developed, there were calls for compulsory testing and quarantine of those testing positive. Ever since, political, technological and medical developments in testing for HIV and treating HIV infection have continued to raise serious legal and ethical questions. Human rights law &#8230; <a title=\"Criminal Charges Against HIV-positive Mother Inappropriate Response, says Canadian HIV\/AIDS Legal Network\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/criminal-charges-against-hiv-positive-mother-inappropriate-response-says-canadian-hivaids-legal-network\/\" aria-label=\"More on Criminal Charges Against HIV-positive Mother Inappropriate Response, says Canadian HIV\/AIDS Legal Network\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22736,"parent":9,"menu_order":140,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2151","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2151","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=2151"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22960,"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2151\/revisions\/22960"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}