Organization:
Canadian AIDS Society
Publication date: 2008
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
Produced with the aim "to document and disseminate information on innovative and useful ways that harm reduction programs and practices are being offered in some of Canada's small to mid-sized cities, and some of the more effective ways that challenges to...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2008
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
There are many links between HIV and (other) disabilities. As a result, there are growing calls for partnership between HIV activists and disability activists in responding to human rights concerns, including discrimination.
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2008
Format:
PDF
FEATURESDelivery past due: global precedent set under Canada’s Access to Medicines RegimeDeveloping guidance for HIV prosecutions: an example of harm reduction?Access to condoms in U.S. prisonsCANADIAN DEVELOPMENTSLegislation imposing mandatory minimum sentences...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2008
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
This model law resource is designed to inform and assist policy-makers and advocates as they approach the task of reforming or making laws to meet the legal challenges posed by the HIV epidemic among people who use drugs.Module 2 contains a prefatory note which...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2008
Format:
PDF
A number of public health departments and community organizations in Canada distribute safer crack use kits to people who use crack cocaine. The kits typically include mouthpieces, glass stems and screens, as well as condoms and referral information for other health...
Organization:
CATIE
Publication date: 2008
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Postcard, Poster
This poster and postcard are part of the CATIE Get the Facts Campaign. The campaign aims to empower people living with HIV to make well-informed treatment decisions and improve their health. There are 3 key messages that encourage discussion about starting and...
Organization:
Toronto People With AIDS Foundation (PWA)
Publication date: 2008
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Policy or procedure
Organization:
CATIE
Publication date: 2008
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Postcard, Poster
This poster and postcard is part of the CATIE Get the Facts Campaign. The campaign aims to empower people living with HIV to make well-informed treatment decisions and improve their health. There are 3 key messages that encourage discussion about starting and adhering...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2007
Format:
PDF
FEATURESMale circumcision and HIV prevention: a human rights and public health challengeCommentary: Engendering bold leadership against HIV/AIDSCANADIAN DEVELOPMENTSSubcommittee fails to recommend legal reforms needed to promote human rights of sex workersConservative...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2007
Format:
PDF
Many Canadian provinces have passed legislation that authorizes testing someone for HIV without his or her consent. This document provides information about occupational exposure to HIV, and the legal and human rights concerns raised by forced HIV testing.
