{"id":433,"date":"2005-08-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-07-28T00:45:33","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2022-10-04T21:14:42","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T01:14:42","slug":"hivaids-policy-and-law-review-102-august-2005","status":"publish","type":"publication22","link":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/hivaids-policy-and-law-review-102-august-2005\/","title":{"rendered":"HIV\/AIDS Policy and Law Review 10(2) August 2005"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>FEATURES<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"..\/?p=721\">The criminalization of HIV transmission in England and Wales: questions of law and policy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>CANADIAN DEVELOPMENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>HIV disclosure no longer required on application form for temporary resident visa<\/li>\n<li>Safer tattooing piloted in six federal prisons<\/li>\n<li>Ottawa: City Council approves distribution of crack kits<\/li>\n<li>Bill to export generic drugs comes into force<\/li>\n<li>Recommendations published concerning non-disclosure of HIV status<\/li>\n<li>Criminal charges laid in three new situations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>In brief <\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Buprenorphine now approved for the treatment of opiate addiction<\/li>\n<li>Saskatchewan: Mandatory \u201cbodily substances\u201d testing legislation passed<\/li>\n<li>First evaluation of Vancouver safe injection facility<\/li>\n<li>Officials in two Canadian cities express support for safe injection sites<\/li>\n<li>New Brunswick: Sex education curriculum adds abstinence statement<\/li>\n<li>New medical marijuana regulations approved<\/li>\n<li>Minister announces new drug approval initiatives<\/li>\n<li>Many HIV-positive people do not get enough to eat<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ABC in Uganda: success or subterfuge?<\/li>\n<li>UN leadership and harm reduction: a rough road<\/li>\n<li>United States: Funding restrictions threaten sex workers\u2019 rights<\/li>\n<li>Russian Federation: Going backwards on drug policy<\/li>\n<li>India: New patent law may restrict access to HIV\/AIDS treatments<\/li>\n<li>Taiwan: AIDS NGOs fight to keep human rights law<\/li>\n<li>Tenofovir trials raise ethical issues<\/li>\n<li>U.S.: Developments in the treatment of HIV-positive prisoners in two states<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>In brief<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Holland: Companies to offer life insurance to people living with HIV\/AIDS<\/li>\n<li>UK: Guidelines for liver transplants for HIV-positive people issued<\/li>\n<li>UK: House Committee urges universal free HIV treatment<\/li>\n<li>Nepal: Sexual minorities group facing possible ban<\/li>\n<li>China: Alleged quarantine of HIV positive people in several provinces<\/li>\n<li>Kenya: Free antiretrovirals distributed in prison<\/li>\n<li>South Africa: Prison oversight body recommends permitting consensual sex between inmates<\/li>\n<li>Australia: New free trade agreement with U.S. targets drug prices<\/li>\n<li>Scotland: Executive proposes mandatory HIV testing for criminal suspects<\/li>\n<li>Scottish Prison Service to halt mandatory drug testing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>HIV\/AIDS IN THE COURTS \u2013 CANADA <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Federal Court overturns negative Pre-Removal Risk Assessment of HIV-positive failed refugee claimant<\/li>\n<li>Argentinean couple living with HIV denied Convention refugee status<\/li>\n<li>Landlord found to have discriminated based on HIV status<\/li>\n<li>Supreme Court finds settlement money attributable to past disability benefits taxable<\/li>\n<li>Criminal law and HIV transmission\/exposure: one new case<\/li>\n<li>Court affirms that severance exclusion for workers with diabilities violates <em>Charter<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>In brief<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tribunal finds Qu\u00e9bec ministry\u2019s refusal to cover HIV medication \u201cnot a serious question\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Red Cross pleads guilty to distributing tainted blood<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>HIV\/AIDS IN THE COURTS \u2013 INTERNATIONAL<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Australia: HIV-positive visa applicants successfully appeal refusals based on medical inadmissibility<\/li>\n<li>UK: House of Lords upholds deportation order<\/li>\n<li>Sweden\u2019s compulsory confinement order declared a violation of liberty guarantee<\/li>\n<li>UK: Legal action on needle exchange programs in prisons dismissed<\/li>\n<li>Europe: Court declares admissible complaint about lack of medical assistance in Russian detention facility<\/li>\n<li>South Africa: Book publisher ordered to pay damages for disclosing women\u2019s HIV status<\/li>\n<li>Criminal law and HIV transmission or exposure: four new cases<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>In brief<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Australia: Refusal to provide tattooing services found not discriminatory<\/li>\n<li>Japan: High Court upholds health official\u2019s conviction on one charge, dismisses another<\/li>\n<li>New Zealand: Woman denied compensation for exposure to HIV<\/li>\n<li>China: Public 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