Use of soft law to address HIV\/AIDS in Southeast Asia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nCANADIAN DEVELOPMENTS<\/b><\/p>\n\n- Supervised injection facility granted another temporary extension; legal action launched<\/li>\n
- First test of WTO mechanism for procuring generic medicines under compulsory licence, via Canada’s Access to Medicines Regime<\/li>\n
- Two Charter challenges launched against Canada’s sex work laws<\/li>\n
- Conservative government announces new anti-drug strategy<\/li>\n
- Ottawa: Crack pipe program cancelled by city council<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
In brief<\/i><\/p>\n\n- Alberta proclaims law authorizing forced HIV testing<\/li>\n
- Anonymous HIV tests made available in Manitoba<\/li>\n
- New 60-second HIV test available in Ontario<\/li>\n
- Safer needles mandated for Ontario healthcare facilities<\/li>\n
- Two new studies confirm higher hepatitis C and HIV infection among inmate populations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS<\/b><\/p>\n\n- South Africa: Firing of Deputy Health Minister Madlala-Routledge<\/li>\n
- China: Two steps forward, one step back for new AIDS rights organization<\/li>\n
- Thailand: Report analyses barriers to ART for people who inject drugs<\/li>\n
- Botswana and Swaziland: Report links violations of women’s rights to HIV<\/li>\n
- UN agencies issue new guidelines for HIV testing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
In brief<\/i><\/p>\n\n- Singapore retains Penal Code provision criminalizing sex between men<\/li>\n
- APEC: Members adopt broad HIV workplace guidelines<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
HIV\/AIDS IN THE COURTS \u2013 CANADA<\/b><\/p>\n\n- Senior administrators of blood system acquitted of criminal charges in tainted blood tragedy<\/li>\n
- Federal Court says Crown not liable for HIV-positive inmate’s illness<\/li>\n
- Criminal law and HIV transmission or exposure: four new cases<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
In brief<\/i><\/p>\n\n- Application for judicial review allowed in case of HIV-positive refugee claimant<\/li>\n
- HIV\/AIDS educator’s application to stop deportation rejected<\/li>\n
- Federal Court rejects motion to stop deportation of HIV-positive woman to Zambia<\/li>\n
- Court of Appeal rules that HIV status is not a reason for denying contact between child and parent<\/li>\n
- Settlement approved in case of improperly sterilized medical equipment<\/li>\n
- Claimants must establish entitlement to have damages assessed by HIV fund’s referee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
HIV\/AIDS IN THE COURTS \u2013 INTERNATIONAL<\/b><\/p>\n\n- India: Court upholds patent law denying patents for slightly modified versions of existing drugs<\/li>\n
- Pardon granted to health care workers sentenced to death by Libyan court<\/li>\n
- U.N. Committee holds that Columbia failed to protect right to benefits for same sex couple<\/li>\n
- South Africa: Constitutional Court protects privacy rights of people living with HIV<\/li>\n
- Criminal law and HIV\/AIDS: two new cases<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
In brief<\/i><\/p>\n\n- Central Asia: Several HIV outbreaks linked to transfusions of tainted blood and poor sanitary conditions in hospitals<\/li>\n
- Russia: Courts find authorities responsible in two cases of HIV transmission in hospitals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
SPECIAL SECTION \u2013 THE LAW AND HEALTH INITIATIVE: LINKING HIV\/AIDS AND HUMAN RIGHTS<\/b><\/p>\n\n- Putting law and human rights on the agenda: an introduction to the articles in this special section<\/li>\n
- Integrating health, psychosocial and legal support for pregnant women in South Africa<\/li>\n
- Increasing access to HIV testing and counselling while respecting human rights<\/li>\n
- Comprehensive care: palliative care and legal services in South Africa<\/li>\n
- Legal aid works! Harm reduction and legal services in Poltava, Ukraine<\/li>\n
- Georgia: Anti-drug law violates human rights<\/li>\n
- First HIV legal precedent in Kyrgyzstan: breach of medical privacy<\/li>\n
- Swaziland: Widows fighting for their rights<\/li>\n
- Responding to the rising tide of calls for the criminalization of HIV transmission in southern Africa<\/li>\n
- Home-based care: who is responsible?<\/li>\n
- Documenting human rights violations against sex workers in Kenya<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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