Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2006
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
Organization:
Canadian AIDS Society
Publication date: 2006
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Fact sheet
The third in a series of nine fact sheets about cannabis and HIV/AIDS.
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2006
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 3 contains a prefatory note which...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2006
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Fact sheet
This is a series of 12 info sheets:HIV/AIDS and HCV in prisons: the factsHigh-risk behaviours behind barsHIV transmission in prisonCondoms and prevention of sexual abuseBleach and other disinfectantsNeedle and syringe programsOpioid substitution treatmentCare and...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2006
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 4 contains a prefatory note which...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2006
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Form or template
There has recently been a movement on the part of the newly elected federal government to consider mandatory sentences and stiff penalties for drug offenders. However, scientific evidence indicates that mandatory minimum sentences only worsen the health-related harms...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2005
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Fact sheet
This is a series of 10 info sheets examining the need for reform to Canada’s prostitution laws to protect and promote the health and human rights of sex workers.Decriminalizing sex work(ers): law reform to protect health and human rightsSex workers and HIV/AIDS:...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2005
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Fact sheet
This is a series of nine info sheets:IssuesDiscriminationHuman Rights LawDealing with DiscriminationJurisdictional BarriersHealth CareConfidentialityHIV TestingAccess to HIV Testing
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2005
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
Global Networking for AIDS, Law and Human Rights was a one-day satellite held on 12 August 2006 in Toronto, Canada, in conjunction with the XVI International Conference on HIV/AIDS. Invitations to the satellite were extended to leaders from around the world in the...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2005
Format:
PDF
The use of needle exchange programs (NEPs) has been associated with reductions in HIV infection in a number of settings. However, questions regarding NEP efficacy have persisted, and have been partially fuelled by misinterpretations of an early evaluation of NEP use...
