Category: HIV and the Law

Canada Can’t Wait: The Time for Prison-Based Needle and Syringe Programs is Now

Posted On: Monday, June 6th, 2016

June 1, 2016 — Close to 250 Canadian organizations, including PAN, have signed a statement urging federal and provincial governments to immediately implement prison-based needle and syringe programs (PNSPs) in institutions across the country. Representing the views of a broad cross-section of Canadian civil society, the statement highlights the overwhelming scientific, empirical and human rights… Read more »

Survey 2016 — Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network

Posted On: Monday, April 25th, 2016

The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network relies on your feedback to measure our past successes and to help direct our future efforts. Please take a few moments to evaluate some aspects of our work over the past year or two, and share with us your ideas for a stronger Legal Network. www.aidslaw.ca/survey Please respond no later… Read more »

HIV Disclosure to Sexual Partners: Questions and answers for newcomers

Posted On: Monday, November 30th, 2015

This brochure — in five languages — will help newcomers to Canada make informed decisions about disclosing to sexual partners. It provides important information about the criminal law in Canada, public health, and specific implications for newcomers, including permanent residents, students, temporary workers, visitors, refugees, and people without immigration status. Click here to download the guide…. Read more »

Research Roundtable on Criminalization of HIV and Women in BC: Research Priority-Setting Report Back

Posted On: Monday, November 23rd, 2015

On October 23, 2015, the Gender & Sexual Health Initiative (of the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS), Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, and Positive Women’s Network (PWN) on behalf of the Women, HIV and the Law Project held a one-day Research Roundtable for a small group of leading experts, including women living with HIV (WLWH), academics, AIDS support organizations (ASOs), clinicians, and legal… Read more »

Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network – HIV stigma and Charlie Sheen’s outing: things to remember

Posted On: Sunday, November 22nd, 2015

In a television interview this week, actor Charlie Sheen revealed he is living with HIV, claiming that part of his reason for doing so is to put an end to years of rumours as well as extortion through threats of revealing his status. His revelation has prompted a flurry of media attention and many questions… Read more »

Stop the Unjust Prosecutions – Sign Positive Living BC’s petition today!

Posted On: Sunday, November 22nd, 2015

To: Jody Wilson-Raybould, Minister of Justice The Positive Living Society of British Columbia calls on the Justice Minister to take what steps are necessary to bring a halt to prosecutions for sexual assault and aggravated sexual assault based on HIV-non-disclosure. Click here to sign the petition. Why is this important? Canadians living with HIV are… Read more »

Guest Blog: Researching the effects of surveillance on women living with HIV

Posted On: Thursday, October 1st, 2015

While media headlines focus on individuals prosecuted for alleged HIV non-disclosure, we know that the impacts of criminalizing HIV non-disclosure go far beyond those who are formally charged. I was therefore delighted to learn in April that our 3-year community-based research (CBR) proposal to the Canadian Institutes of Health Research had been approved. Titled “Women… Read more »

PWN – New brochure explains Canadian law on sex and HIV disclosure

Posted On: Monday, September 28th, 2015

When it comes to HIV disclosure, the law is complicated. In 2012, the Canadian Supreme Court issued a regressive ruling that made the law stricter for people living with HIV, in opposition to scientific assessments of risk and medical advancements that reduce the likelihood of transmission. Legally, people living with HIV must use a condom… Read more »

Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network – Drug Policy, Overdose Awareness, and the Federal Election

Posted On: Tuesday, September 8th, 2015

It’s been a busy summer for Canadians with federal election campaigns now well underway. Interestingly, harm reduction services, the legalization of cannabis, and drug policy writ large have been prominent issues in the news — and we hope these critical human rights issues will remain front and centre. In the coming weeks, we’ll be connecting… Read more »