Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2018
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
It is now well recognized, not just by sex workers but by a wide range of human rights organizations including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women, and the Center for Health and Gender Equity, United Nations bodies...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2018
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
In February 2018, the Commissioner of the Correctional Service of Canada retired. The Legal Network sent a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Ralph Goodale, and Clerk of the Privy Council Michael Wernick to...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2018
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
In this brief, the Legal Network provides information about Canada’s implementation of its international human rights obligations as raised in the draft report, organized under subheadings included in the draft report. It expands on issues presented in the Legal...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2018
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, Prisoners with HIV/AIDS Support Action Network, CATIE and the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network work to promote the human rights of people living with, at risk of or affected by HIV and hepatitis C (HCV), including Indigenous women...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2018
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
“The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network (“Legal Network”) welcomes this opportunity to provide submissions to the Department of Justice on how the Canadian criminal law should be transformed.“In this submission, the Legal Network sets out its...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2018
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
People living with HIV are allowed to travel to Canada. However, HIV status is one factor considered by the Government of Canada when deciding if a person can stay in Canada for an extended period of time. This Q&A provides information on how Canadian immigration...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2017
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
“The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network submits this briefing to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in advance of its review of the periodic report of Canada, held during its 93rd session from July 31 to August 25, 2017. “The Legal Network has...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2017
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
In consultation with the community, federal and provincial governments must take action to limit HIV criminalization and bring the law in line with international recommendations, science and human rights as outlined in the attached brief.
Organization:
Canadian Public Health Association
Publication date: 2017
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Guideline or manual
This resource explains the important role of privacy and confidentiality in reducing stigma and discrimination related to STBBIs, and offers frontline health and social service providers several strategies they can use to deal with issues related to privacy,...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2017
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
“We, the undersigned, write to you respecting the recent passage into law of Bill C-37, An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and to make related amendments to other Acts. As you well know, the intent of this law is to facilitate the scaling up of...
