Access to condoms in U.S. prisons<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nCANADIAN DEVELOPMENTS<\/b><\/p>\n\n- Legislation imposing mandatory minimum sentences for drug offences passes second reading<\/li>\n
- Manitoba legislation would authorize testing for HIV without informed consent<\/li>\n
- Organ donation regulations limit donations from gay men<\/li>\n
- Complaint filed concerning judge’s conduct<\/li>\n
- Health Canada releases report on supervised injection facility<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
In brief<\/i><\/p>\n\n- Changes to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act<\/i> proposed in 2008 Budget<\/li>\n
- Independent review of prisons released<\/li>\n
- Provincial funding announced for Ottawa harm reduction program<\/li>\n
- Federal government diverts funding from community-based organizations to vaccine initiative<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS<\/b><\/p>\n\n- Thailand: government re-launches war on drugs and people who use drugs<\/li>\n
- Switzerland: Statement on sexual transmission of HIV by people on ART<\/li>\n
- U.S.: PEPFAR reauthorization bills pass House, Senate committee<\/li>\n
- HIV and human rights in U.N. drug control policy: making inroads, barely<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
In brief<\/i><\/p>\n\n- Russia denies HIV treatment to prisoner<\/li>\n
- California: Governor vetoes another prison condom bill, but leaves door ajar<\/li>\n
- Australia to legislate to remove same-sex discrimination<\/li>\n
- ILO publishes digest of good legislative practices in Africa<\/li>\n
- U.N. Secretary-General calls for an end to criminal law approaches to vulnerable populations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
HIV\/AIDS IN THE COURTS \u2013 CANADA<\/b><\/p>\n\n- Court strikes down restriction in Ottawa’s medical marijuana program<\/li>\n
- Refugee claimant’s identity as cross-dresser must be considered in assessing adequacy of state protection<\/li>\n
- Case of disclosure of HIV status helps to clarify privacy law in Ontario<\/li>\n
- HIV-positive woman’s appeal for absolute discharge dismissed on grounds of public safety<\/li>\n
- Criminal law and HIV transmission or exposure: seven new cases<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
In brief<\/i><\/p>\n\n- Case of HIV-positive gay transvestite referred to new refugee panel for re-determination<\/li>\n
- Application for judicial review denied for HIV-positive refugee applicant from Mexico<\/li>\n
- Court rules that defamation not proved because reputation not “materially affected”<\/li>\n
- Final charges against former director of Canadian Red Cross withdrawn<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
HIV\/AIDS IN THE COURTS \u2013 INTERNATIONAL<\/b><\/p>\n\n- European Court of Human Rights rejects prisoner’s plea for prison needle exchange<\/li>\n
- South African High Court defends the right to water<\/li>\n
- Court says French government’s refusal to authorize adoption violates woman’s human rights<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
In brief<\/i><\/p>\n\n- ECHR: Ukraine held responsible for inhuman and degrading treatment of HIV-positive prisoner<\/li>\n
- Sweden: Man found guilty of infecting two women with HIV<\/li>\n
- Nepal: Supreme Court makes landmark decisions on LGBTI rights and the right to confidentiality<\/li>\n
- U.S.: Texan man acquitted in medical marijuana case<\/li>\n
- Egypt: Court convicts men for “debauchery”<\/li>\n
- Indian court rules HIV is a ground for divorce<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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