{"id":449,"date":"2004-08-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-07-28T00:46:50","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2022-10-04T21:23:02","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T01:23:02","slug":"hivaids-policy-and-law-review-92-august-2004","status":"publish","type":"publication22","link":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/hivaids-policy-and-law-review-92-august-2004\/","title":{"rendered":"HIV\/AIDS Policy and Law Review 9(2) August 2004"},"content":{"rendered":"<b>FEATURES<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"..\/?p=490\">Human rights and HIV\/AIDS in the context of 3 by 5: time for new directions?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"..\/?p=351\">Harm-reduction activism: a case study of an unsanctioned user-run safe injection site<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>CANADIAN NEWS<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Canada announces new funding for domestic and global fight against AIDS<\/li>\n<li>Reports call for end to harms caused by Criminal Code prohibitions surrounding prostitution<\/li>\n<li>Nova Scotia renews its HIV\/AIDS strategy<\/li>\n<li>Study highlights negative public health consequences of police crackdown on drug market<\/li>\n<li>Health Canada considers dispensing medical marijuana through pharmacies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>In brief <\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Montr\u00e9al: Probe requested into police hiring practices<\/li>\n<li>Qu\u00e9bec: College issues statement on HIV testing for physicians<\/li>\n<li>Statistics Canada plans to use blood and other samples to measure health trends<\/li>\n<li>Alberta: &#8220;Blood Samples&#8221; act passes third reading<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>INTERNATIONAL NEWS<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>International News \u2013 10 years on<\/li>\n<li>Ghana: Capacity-building workshops for lawyers and judges<\/li>\n<li>Comparative study of HIV\/AIDS and human rights in Andean nations<\/li>\n<li>Report documents human rights abuses of drug users in Thailand<\/li>\n<li>The Philippines: HIV\/AIDS, condoms, and human rights<\/li>\n<li>Russian Federation: Battle not over in drug-law changes<\/li>\n<li>Hungary: A fight every step of the way for voluntary, anonymous, and free tests<\/li>\n<li>USA: Cirque du Soleil pays US$600,000 to end HIV discrimination complaint<\/li>\n<li>Namibia: Policy adopted on HIV\/AIDS and the education sector<\/li>\n<li>Global: HIV\/AIDS-related travel restrictions \u2013 UNAIDS\/IOM statement and revision of International Health Regulations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>GLOBAL ACCESS TO TREATMENT, VACCINES AND MICROBICIDES<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Legal and ethical issues in microbicides research and development in Canada<\/li>\n<li>Consumer groups call for ban on internet pharmacies<\/li>\n<li>Therapeutic HIV vaccine trial launched in Canada<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>HIV\/AIDS IN PRISONS<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Correctional Service Canada to undertake Safer Tattooing Practices Initiative<\/li>\n<li>Health care needs assessment of federal prisoners in Canada released<\/li>\n<li>United Nations agencies release policy brief on reduction of HIV transmission in prisons<\/li>\n<li>U.S. Judge: Inadequate medical care for HIV-positive prisoners is a violation of rights<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>Other developments<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Qu\u00e9bec: High rates of HIV and HCV in prisons<\/li>\n<li>Canada: Study shows that incarceration is independently associated with syringe lending and borrowing<\/li>\n<li>Canada: Does incarceration result in HIV treatment interruptions?<\/li>\n<li>United States: Revised standards for health services in correctional institutions published<\/li>\n<li>Ireland: Report reviews harm-reduction interventions<\/li>\n<li>Russia: Study recommends improved and additional harm-reduction strategies, including prison needle exchange programs<\/li>\n<li>Indonesia: Working committee on HIV\/AIDS in prisons formed<\/li>\n<li>United States: Jail to offer methadone treatment<\/li>\n<li>United States: &#8220;Ex-prisoners are family too&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>New resources<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>HIV\/AIDS IN THE COURTS \u2013 CANADA<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Criminal law and HIV transmission\/exposure: three new cases<\/li>\n<li>Fear of persecution not adequate to claim refugee status<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>HIV\/AIDS IN THE COURTS \u2013 INTERNATIONAL<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>U.S.: Immigration court allows Zambian woman&#8217;s asylum claim based on HIV infection<\/li>\n<li>Australia: Migration Review Tribunal waives medical inadmissibility criteria for two HIV-positive visa applicants<\/li>\n<li>Botswana: Industrial Court tackles HIV testing in the workplace<\/li>\n<li>India: Constitutional protection from discrimination in employment on the basis of HIV status affirmed in three cases<\/li>\n<li>UK: Court of Appeal orders retrial in UK&#8217;s first HIV criminal transmission case<\/li>\n<li>Australia: Supreme Court of Western Australia orders retrial in case of man convicted of infecting girlfriend with HIV<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>In brief<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Spanish court rules that national HIV registry should be abolished<\/li>\n<li>China: Damages awarded to husband of woman infected with HIV through blood transfusion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>LAW ESSAY CONTEST<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) v South Africa (Minister of Health): reflections on the right to health care in Canada<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"download-link-button\"><a class=\"download-link en\" title=\"HIV\/AIDS Policy and Law Review 9(2) August 2004\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/download\/10066\/?tmstv=1777580419\" 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