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Legal issues and human rights

Immigration and Travel to Canada for People Living with HIV: Questions and Answers

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...

Open Letter to the Liberal Party of Canada – Decriminalize Sex Work: Support Resolution #2764

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...

Appointment of the next Comissioner of the Correctional Service of Canada

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...

Comments on Canada’s Draft Third Report Under the Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

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...

Brief to the Standing Committee on the Status of Women: The Need for Drug Policy Reform and Comprehensive Prison-Based Harm Reduction

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...

Protecting the Human Rights of People Living with or at Risk of HIV in the Criminal Law: Submission to the Department of Justice

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...

Towards a New NAFTA: Safeguarding Public Health and Access to Medicines: Submission to Global Affairs Canada

Organization: HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2017
Format: PDF
Resource Type: Report

“The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network welcomes this opportunity to provide submissions to Global Affairs Canada on the scope of the renegotiation and modernization of the existing North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). “Given the potential impact, domestically...

Letter to Minister of Canadian Heritage RE: Reinstatement of the Court Challenges Program

Organization: HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2017
Format: PDF
Resource Type: Report

“We commend your government’s decision to restore funding to the Court Challenges Program (CCP). We applaud your commitment to ‘work continuously to make Canada more diverse, inclusive and equitable.’ And we share the Minister of Justice’s expectation that...

Know Your Rights: A Guide for Child and Family Service Providers Serving People Living with HIV

Organization: HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2017
Format: PDF
Resource Type: Booklet

This guide was written for child and family service providers who provide support and assistance to people living with or affected by HIV.

Women and HIV — “Women and the Criminalization of HIV Non-Disclosure”

Organization: HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2017
Format: PDF
Resource Type: Fact sheet

This is one in a series of four info sheets on the human rights of women living with or vulnerable to HIV in Canada.
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