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: 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
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: 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...
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...
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.
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2017
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
“There is no evidence that mandatory prison time for people convicted of drug offences reduces the problems associated with drug use, or drug use itself. “At the same time, there is a growing body of evidence that mandatory minimum sentences wreak terrible damage on...
