{"id":444,"date":"2002-12-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-07-28T00:46:31","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2022-10-04T21:30:30","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T01:30:30","slug":"hivaids-policy-and-law-review-72-3-december-2002","status":"publish","type":"publication22","link":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/hivaids-policy-and-law-review-72-3-december-2002\/","title":{"rendered":"HIV\/AIDS Policy and Law Review 7(2-3) December 2002"},"content":{"rendered":"<b>FEATURES<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The 1<sup>st<\/sup> Annual Awards for Action on HIV\/AIDS and Human Rights<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"..\/?p=744\">House of Commons Committee Releases Report on Canada&#8217;s Drug Strategy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"..\/?p=745\">HIV\/AIDS in Prisons: Recent Developments<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>CANADIAN NEWS<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Canada Refuses to Issue a Visa to an HIV-Positive Worker on Antiretroviral Drugs<\/li>\n<li>Supervised Injection Sites: Minister of Health Ready to Review Applications for Pilot Research Projects<\/li>\n<li>Minister Reaffirms Commitment to Provide Medical Marijuana, but Delays Continue<\/li>\n<li>Canada Will Have a National HIV Vaccine Plan<\/li>\n<li>Senate Committee Calls for Major New Spending on Health Care<\/li>\n<li>Provinces Create Centralized System for Assessing New Drugs<\/li>\n<li>Regulators Deny Access to Experimental Hepatitis C Drug<\/li>\n<li>Medical Association Calls for Routine HIV Testing of Pregnant Women<\/li>\n<li>HIV Study among Pregnant Aboriginal Women Raises Concerns<\/li>\n<li>Vancouver Police Raid Needle Exchange Run by Drug Users<\/li>\n<li>Studies Document Gender Differences in HIV Risk and Impact<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>In Brief<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>RCMP Lay Charges in Tainted-Blood Scandal<\/li>\n<li>Spitting Incident Leads to Renewed Calls for Mandatory Testing<\/li>\n<li>Alberta Gets a Second Methadone Clinic<\/li>\n<li>Youth Prevented from Giving Out Condoms at a Catholic Festival<\/li>\n<li>NWT Prohibits Discrimination Based on Gender Identity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>INTERNATIONAL NEWS<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chinese Scholars Call for AIDS Rules Based on Respect for Individual Rights<\/li>\n<li>ILO Training for Industrial Court Judges<\/li>\n<li>International Forums<\/li>\n<li>African Regional Meeting on HIV\/AIDS and Human Rights<\/li>\n<li>Nigeria Health Rights Group Provides Legal Support<\/li>\n<li>Legislative Initiatives in the Asia Pacific Region<\/li>\n<li>HIV\/AIDS Discrimination in the Asia Pacific Region<\/li>\n<li>Police Abuses Hinder HIV Prevention in Cambodia and India<\/li>\n<li>HIV Testing: Progress in Hungary, Problems in Russia<\/li>\n<li>El Salvador: Legislature Removes Law Allowing Pre-employment HIV Testing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>GLOBAL ACCESS TO TREATMENT<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>South Africa: Highest Court Orders Government to Provide Antiretrovirals to Prevent Mother-to-Child Transmission<\/li>\n<li>Update to International Guidelines on HIV\/AIDS and Human Rights<\/li>\n<li>UN Commission on Human Rights Adopts Resolutions on Access to Medication, Right to Health<\/li>\n<li>WHO Initiatives to Increase Access to Treatment in Developing Countries<\/li>\n<li>Global Fund Decides to Promote Use of Generic Drugs<\/li>\n<li>UK Commission Concludes International Patent Laws Hinder Access to Medicines in Developing Countries<\/li>\n<li>Thailand: Successful Challenge to Invalid Patent Claim on Antiretrovirals<\/li>\n<li>China: Government Issues Licences for Three Antiretrovirals<\/li>\n<li>Kenya: Legislative Amendments Ease Imports of Generic Drugs<\/li>\n<li>South Africa: Voluntary Licence to Generic Drug Company for Nevirapine<\/li>\n<li>South Africa: TAC, COSATU and Allies File Complaint of Excessive Pricing<\/li>\n<li>WTO: US and Argentina Settle Dispute over Patents and Data Protection<\/li>\n<li>Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Holds Hearing on Access to Treatment in Latin America and the Caribbean<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>HIV\/AIDS IN THE COURTS \u00e2\u20ac\u201d CANADA<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>BC Court Orders Government to Pay for Treatment<\/li>\n<li>Discrimination in Same-Sex Survivor Amendments to the Canada Pension Plan<\/li>\n<li>Supreme Court Denies Leave to Appeal in Tainted-Blood Case<\/li>\n<li>Supreme Court Denies Leave to Appeal in Medical Marijuana Charter Challenge<\/li>\n<li>Vancouver Island Compassion Club President Receives Absolute Discharge<\/li>\n<li>BC Court of Appeal Refuses to Reduce Sentence for HIV-Positive Prisoner<\/li>\n<li>Criminal Law and HIV Transmission\/Exposure: More New Cases<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>BARCELONA 2002: LAW, ETHICS,AND HUMAN RIGHTS<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An Advocacy and Political Conference Produces a Consensus: Effective Action Is Urgently Required<\/li>\n<li>Global Battle Cry: Health is a Right, Not a Commodity<\/li>\n<li>The Need for Harm-Reduction Approaches in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union<\/li>\n<li>Using the Law to Improve Access to Treatments<\/li>\n<li>Introducing ARVs in Resource-Poor Settings: Challenges and Consequences<\/li>\n<li>\\&#8221;I Have No Watch, But I Haven&#8217;t Missed a Dose\\&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Advancing Research and Access to HIV Vaccines: A Framework for Action<\/li>\n<li>Juggling Individual and Collective Concerns with Respect to HIV\/AIDS Policies<\/li>\n<li>Toward a More Meaningful Involvement of People Living with HIV\/AIDS<\/li>\n<li>HIV Testing for Peacekeeping Forces: Legal and Human Rights Issues<\/li>\n<li>HIV\/AIDS-Related Stigma and Discrimination:A Conceptual Framework<\/li>\n<li>Barcelona 2002: Abstracts on Legal, Ethical, and Human Rights Issues<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"download-link-button\"><a class=\"download-link en\" title=\"HIV\/AIDS Policy and Law Review 7(2-3) December 2002\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/download\/9673\/?tmstv=1775659837\" 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