{"id":445,"date":"2003-04-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-07-28T00:46:36","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2022-10-04T21:29:13","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T01:29:13","slug":"hivaids-policy-and-law-review-81-april-2003","status":"publish","type":"publication22","link":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/hivaids-policy-and-law-review-81-april-2003\/","title":{"rendered":"HIV\/AIDS Policy and Law Review 8(1) April 2003"},"content":{"rendered":"<b>FEATURES<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"..\/?p=736\">The UNGASS Declaration of Commitment on HIV\/AIDS: One Year Later<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"..\/?p=737\">The UNGASS Declaration of Commitment on HIV\/AIDS: A Review of Legislation in Six Southern African Countries<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>CANADIAN NEWS<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mandatory HIV Testing Used to Bar Potential Immigrants<\/li>\n<li>Troubled Times for Canada&#8217;s Medical Marijuana Program<\/li>\n<li>House of Commons Committee Holds Hearings on AIDS<\/li>\n<li>Survey Reveals Human Rights Abuses in Alberta<\/li>\n<li>Home Care and Prescription Drugs to Be Funded Under Medicare<\/li>\n<li>Study Shows Aboriginals Who Inject Drugs Are at Higher Risk for HIV<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>In Brief<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Study Questions Effectiveness of the War on Drugs<\/li>\n<li>War on Drugs Very Much Alive in Surrey, BC<\/li>\n<li>HIV Now Reportable in BC<\/li>\n<li>Ontario Proclaims Blood Samples Legislation, Delays Privacy Bill<\/li>\n<li>Second Methadone Clinic Opens in NB<\/li>\n<li>House of Commons Committee to Review Sex-Trade Laws<\/li>\n<li>HIV Edmonton Faces Discrimination during Office Relocation<\/li>\n<li>Work Underway to Develop a Strategic Plan for the AIDS Strategy<\/li>\n<li>Quebec Adopts Anti-Poverty Law<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>INTERNATIONAL NEWS<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Law Reform in the UK<\/li>\n<li>UK Doctors Given New Guidance on Revealing HIV Test and Sexual History to Insurers<\/li>\n<li>UK Blood Tests for New Health-Care Workers<\/li>\n<li>AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa<\/li>\n<li>Sexual Abuse and HIV\/AIDS in Zambia<\/li>\n<li>Community Consultation on Indian AIDS Bill<\/li>\n<li>Singapore HIV Blood Testing Spat Highlights Research Links with Human Rights<\/li>\n<li>Costa Rican Ombudsman Tackles HIV\/AIDS<\/li>\n<li>Taiwan Electronic Health Record Plan Raises Privacy Concerns<\/li>\n<li>Australian Workshop Puts Auditing in Perspective: egulatory Tool, Moribund Remedy, or Democratic Champion?<\/li>\n<li>\\&#8221;Abstinence Only until Marriage\\&#8221;: US Approach Undermining HIV Prevention<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>GLOBAL ACCESS TO TREATMENT<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>WTO: Failure to Meet Deadline on Doha Commitments Regarding Access to Generic Drugs<\/li>\n<li>South Africa: Treatment Action Campaign Steps Up Pressure<\/li>\n<li>Canadian Supreme Court Upholds, but Limits AZT Patent<\/li>\n<li>Canada\/US: Competition Bureau Will Not Investigate GSK Efforts to Stop Cross-Border Sales by Internet Pharmacies<\/li>\n<li>Vaccine Trial Results Generate Debate and Calls for Further Research<\/li>\n<li>Honduras: Government Intimidates People with HIV\/AIDS Asserting Right to Medicines<\/li>\n<li>Jamaica: Petition for Antiretroviral Drugs Filed<\/li>\n<li>Canadian Students Join Struggle for Access to Treatment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>HIV\/AIDS IN PRISONS<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Canada: CBC \\&#8221;Releases\\&#8221; CSC Report on Infectious Diseases Prevention and Control<\/li>\n<li>Canada: New Report on HIV, HCV, and Women Prisoners<\/li>\n<li>Canada: Community Stakeholders Withdraw from Consultation Processes with CSC<\/li>\n<li>Alberta Court Orders Methadone Maintenance Therapy for Prisoner on Interim Basis<\/li>\n<li>Russia: New Criminal Process Code Promises a More Tolerant Incarceration Policy<\/li>\n<li>Review of Prison-Based Needle Exchange Programs Published<\/li>\n<li>South African Prisoner Wins Payout after Prison HIV Infection<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>In Brief<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alberta Bill Aimed at Cracking Down on Drug Use<\/li>\n<li>CDC Recommendations on HCV<\/li>\n<li>US:Two Million Inmates, and Counting<\/li>\n<li>US: New Prevention Strategy Released<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>HIV\/AIDS IN THE COURTS \u00e2\u20ac\u201c CANADA<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Marihuana Medical Access Regulations Unconstitutional Because They Do Not Provide for Legal Source or Supply of Marijuana<\/li>\n<li>Possession of Cannabis Legal for Now<\/li>\n<li>Criminal Charges against Marijuana Compassion Club Volunteers Stayed on Constitutional Grounds<\/li>\n<li>Inquest Jury Recommends Fundamental Change to Ontario Welfare System<\/li>\n<li>Taxi Passenger Accidentally Stuck by Syringe Awarded $15,000<\/li>\n<li>CPP Same-Sex Survivors Class Action to Proceed on a National Basis<\/li>\n<li>Criminal Law and HIV Transmission\/Exposure: Two New Cases<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>HIV\/AIDS IN THE COURTS \u00e2\u20ac\u201c INTERNATIONAL<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>South Africa: Constitutional Court Rejects Constitutional Challenge to Law Criminalizing Prostitution<\/li>\n<li>European Court of Human Rights Agrees to Hear Challenge to Long-Term \\&#8221;Preventive Detention\\&#8221; of HIV-Positive Man<\/li>\n<li>United Kingdom: HIV-Positive Asylum Seeker Denied Judicial Review of Removal Decision<\/li>\n<li>United Kingdom: Denying Children&#8217;s Milk Allowance to HIV-Positive Mother Seeking Asylum Is Discriminatory<\/li>\n<li>United Kingdom: HIV Status, Psychiatric Problems of Asylum Seeker Did Not Stop Removal<\/li>\n<li>India: Supreme Court Resiles from Earlier Statements Denying Right to Marry<\/li>\n<li>Venezuela: Tribunal Affirms Rights of HIV-Positive Football Player<\/li>\n<li>US: Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Case of Fired HIV-Positive Dental Hygienist<\/li>\n<li>Australia: Court Reduces Prison Sentence of Person with HIV<\/li>\n<li>Malaysia: Damages Awarded after Mother Infected through Transfusion during Pregnancy<\/li>\n<li>Criminal Law and HIV Transmission\/Exposure:Another Swedish Case<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"download-link-button\"><a class=\"download-link en\" title=\"HIV\/AIDS Policy and Law Review 8(1) April 2003\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/download\/9720\/?tmstv=1775659783\" 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":[145,148,150,151,152,155,156,158,159],"publication_type":[174],"publication_language":[184,185],"class_list":["post-445","publication22","type-publication22","status-publish","hentry","publication_topics-access-to-medicines","publication_topics-criminalization","publication_topics-immigration-and-travel","publication_topics-income-security","publication_topics-indigenous-communities","publication_topics-prisons","publication_topics-privacy","publication_topics-sex-work","publication_topics-testing","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\/445","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":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication22\/445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22524,"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication22\/445\/revisions\/22524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"publication_topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication_topics?post=445"},{"taxonomy":"publication_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication_type?post=445"},{"taxonomy":"publication_language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication_language?post=445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}