{"id":1003,"date":"2011-10-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-29T13:36:41","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2022-10-04T16:15:49","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T20:15:49","slug":"hivaids-policy-law-review-153-october-2011","status":"publish","type":"publication22","link":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/hivaids-policy-law-review-153-october-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"HIV\/AIDS Policy &#038; Law Review 15(3) October 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2475\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" alt=\"HIV\/AIDS Policy &amp; Law Review 15(3) October 2011\" src=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/15-3-EN.gif\" width=\"139\" height=\"180\" \/><br \/>\n<b>FEATURE<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"..\/?p=1001\"><i>Bedford v. Canada<\/i>: a paradigmatic case toward ensuring the human and health rights of sex workers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"..\/?p=1002\">A tale of two cases: urging caution in the prosecution of HIV non-disclosure<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>CANADIAN DEVELOPMENTS<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Senate stalling derails bill to fix Canada&#8217;s law on affordable generic medicines for developing countries<\/li>\n<li>Ontario: study documents access and quality of care issues for women living with or vulnerable to HIV<\/li>\n<li>Studies confirm effectiveness of harm reduction for people who inject drugs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>In brief<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>British Columbia: forced testing legislation introduced<\/li>\n<li>Special Diet Allowance changes in Ontario<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Global: clinical trial shows dramatic reduction in transmission of HIV as a result of treatment<\/li>\n<li>Global: commission on drug policy declares drug war a failure, urges reforms<\/li>\n<li>UN: Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS aims to intensify efforts to combat the epidemic<\/li>\n<li>USA: alliance of AIDS directors criticizes punitive laws against people living with HIV<\/li>\n<li>Global: health federation issues ethics guidelines on forced female sterilization<\/li>\n<li>Uganda&#8217;s anti-homosexuality bill fails, for now<\/li>\n<li>France: recent immigration-related developments affecting persons suffering from serious illnesses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>In brief<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>United Nations passes historic resolution to protect LGBT rights<\/li>\n<li>United Kingdom: government compensates prisoners and former inmates for poor treatment<\/li>\n<li>Cambodia: harsh new drug law threatens increased human rights violations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>HIV\/AIDS IN THE COURTS \u2013 CANADA<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Federal Court rules that persons in Canada contrary to immigration laws have no right to health coverage<\/li>\n<li>No tort for invasion of privacy, holds Ontario court<\/li>\n<li>Ontario courts reaffirm right to marijuana for therapeutic purposes<\/li>\n<li>Ontario court affirms negotiated settlement in class action suit over use of non-sterile equipment at tattoo parlour<\/li>\n<li>Costs of compassion club marijuana to be covered<\/li>\n<li>Criminal law and cases of HIV transmission or exposure<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>HIV\/AIDS IN THE COURTS \u2013 INTERNATIONAL<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Russia: European Court of Human Rights rules HIV-positive foreign national suffered discrimination<\/li>\n<li>U.S. government&#8217;s &#8220;anti-prostitution&#8221; pledge deemed unconstitutional<\/li>\n<li>Russia: district court upholds legal ban on opioid substitution treatment<\/li>\n<li>India: High Court rules mandatory death penalty for drug crimes unconstitutional<\/li>\n<li>Ireland: Press Ombudsman censures newspaper for spreading hatred of people who use drugs<\/li>\n<li>South Africa: ANC Youth League President issues apology following conviction for hate speech<\/li>\n<li>Criminal law and cases of HIV transmission or exposure<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>THIRD SYMPOSIUM ON HIV\/AIDS, LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Introduction<\/li>\n<li>Panel: Lawyers&#8217; perspectives on strategic litigation<\/li>\n<li>Panel: Community activists&#8217; perspectives on strategic litigation<\/li>\n<li>Workshop: E-Leaks \u2013 the privacy of health information in the age of electronic information<\/li>\n<li>Workshop: HIV and the Media<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"download-link-button\"><a class=\"download-link en\" title=\"HIV\/AIDS Policy &amp; Law Review 15(3) October 2011\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/download\/12483\/?tmstv=1775704837\" rel=\"nofollow\">\r\n\tDownload<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"publication_topics":[153,145,147,148,150,155,158,159,161],"publication_type":[174],"publication_language":[184,185],"class_list":["post-1003","publication22","type-publication22","status-publish","hentry","publication_topics-lgbtq-rights","publication_topics-access-to-medicines","publication_topics-drug-policy","publication_topics-criminalization","publication_topics-immigration-and-travel","publication_topics-prisons","publication_topics-sex-work","publication_topics-testing","publication_topics-womens-rights","publication_type-hiv-aids-policy-law-review","publication_language-english","publication_language-french"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication22\/1003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication22"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/publication22"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication22\/1003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22289,"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication22\/1003\/revisions\/22289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"publication_topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication_topics?post=1003"},{"taxonomy":"publication_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication_type?post=1003"},{"taxonomy":"publication_language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication_language?post=1003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}