What's New Archive

December 2009

Canada's Law on Compulsory Licensing for Export — Update: 3 December 2009
Bill S-232: Key features and compliance with Canada’s WTO obligations — Supplementary submission to Senate Standing Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce
Misleading and Misguided: Mandatory Prison Sentences for Drug Offences — Brief to the Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs regarding Bill C-15, An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts.
Deadly disregard: government refusal to implement evidence-based measures to prevent HIV and hepatitis C virus infections in prisons — Canadian Medical Association Journal 177(3) July 2007
Important Step Forward in Vote on Bill C-393
Statement
Former Prime Minister Among 59 VIPs Calling for Changes to Access to Medicines Regime
News Release
Canada’s Access to Medicines Regime: An open letter to Canada’s Parliamentarians from concerned Canadians
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November 2009

New Poll Reveals 80% of Canadians Want Changes to Canada’s Access to Medicines Regime
News Release and Survey
Respect, Protect and Fulfill: Legislating for Women’s Rights in the Context of HIV/AIDS
www.aidslaw.ca/womensrights
Withholding Hope: Canadian Red Tape and the Fight to Get AIDS Medicine to Africa — panel discussion with Richard Elliott (December 3)
For more information, www.aidslaw.ca/events
Human Rights in Prison: Prisoners' Rights to HIV Prevention, Treatment, and Care — a panel discussion with Ralf Jürgens, Richard Elliott, and James Motherall (November 23)
For more information, www.aidslaw.ca/events
Burlington Ubuntu Grandwomen's Meeting — Richard Elliott, guest speaker (November 18)
For more information, www.aidslaw.ca/events
Submission to the UN Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review Working Group, Eighth Session (2010) re: Review of Kyrgyz Republic
HIV, disability and discrimination: making the links in international and domestic human rights law — article in the Journal of the International AIDS Society
Delivering on the Pledge: Reforming Canada's Access to Medicines Regime — seminar by Richard Elliott (November 19)
For more information, www.aidslaw.ca/events

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October 2009

“Do the Right Thing”: An evidence-based response to addiction and mental health in federal prisons — Brief to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security regarding its study Federal Corrections: Mental Health and Addiction
Making CAMR Work: Streamlining Canada’s Access to Medicines Regime — Brief to the Senate Banking, Trade and Commerce Committee regarding Bill S-232
Groups Call for Effective Law on Access to Medicines for Developing Countries
News Release
Expert Panel before Parliament to Discuss Reforming Access to Medicines Regime
Media Advisory
Senate to Deal with Life-or-Death Issue
News Release
Submission to the UN Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review Working Group, Seventh Session (2010) re: Review of Kazakhstan
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September 2009

“Children Can’t Wait!” — A benefit in support of the campaign to reform Canada’s Access to Medicines Regime (November 20)
For more information, www.aidslaw.ca/events
Old Regime Dies; Will There Be a Second Life for CAMR?
News Release
Joint Statement to United Nations Human Rights Council, 12^th Session re: Update by High Commissioner for Human Rights
Know the Law, Know Your Rights — a workshop in Thunder Bay on HIV, law & human rights
For more information, www.aidslaw.ca/events
HIV Disclosure and the Law: Criminalization, Discrimination and Privacy — a legal issues workshop for the Thunder Bay legal community
For more information, www.aidslaw.ca/events

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August 2009

July 2009

Outreach Coordinator (application deadline: July 20, 2009)
For more information, visit www.aidslaw.ca/careers

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June 2009

The Criminalization of HIV Transmission and Exposure — Public Lecture by Justice Edwin Cameron of the Constitutional Court of South Africa
Audio recording also available at www.aidslaw.ca/symposium > Public Lecture
Administrative Assistant (application deadline: July 10, 2009)
For more information, visit www.aidslaw.ca/careers
Time for Canada to “Grow Up” About Drugs
News Release
Namibian Lawyer and Canadian Academic Honoured for HIV/AIDS Work
News Release
Annual Report 2008–2009
Collective response re: Bill C-15 on Mandatory Minimum Sentences — Organizations and Experts Across the Country Decry a Damaging Step in the Wrong Direction
Focus on Criminalization
News Release
New Report Outlines Legal Case for Prisoners’ Access to Clean Needles
News Release
Clean Switch: The Case for Prison Needle and Syringe Programs in Canada

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May 2009

Move to Reform “CAMR” Gains Momentum
News Release
Dying for Lack of Medicines in Developing Countries
Statement
HIV/AIDS Policy & Law Review 14(1)
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April 2009

National Lawyers' Referral Database
Bill C-15: Mandatory minimum sentences for drug offences — An open letter to the federal Ministers of Justice and Health
Misleading and Misguided: Mandatory Prison Sentences for Drug Offences — Brief to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights regarding Bill C-15, An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts
Bill C-15 Falls Short of Its Goals
News Release
Legal Network News 32
“Patients, Not Criminals”?: Compulsory drug dependence treatment in Thailand must be reviewed
News Release (English and Thai)
Joint statement to UN Human Rights Council, 10^th Session re: Follow-up and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action (Item 8)
Students and Community in Six Cities Echo Senator’s Call to Reform Access to Medicines Regime
News Release

March 2009

Expert Panel Launches Campaign to Reform Access to Medicines Regime
News Release
Expert Panel to Discuss Reforming Access to Medicines Regime
Media Advisory
Drug Use and HIV/AIDS in Thailand — a series of 6 info sheets (also available in Thai)
Compulsory Drug Treatment in Thailand: Observations on the Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation Act B.E. 2545 (2002) (also available in Thai)
The Rights of People Who Use Drugs in Prisons at Alberta Harm Reduction Conference
Media Advisory
NGO Statement to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, 53rd Session
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February 2009

Delivering on the pledge, treating the most vulnerable: Ensuring affordable AIDS drugs for children in the developing world by streamlining Canada’s Access to Medicines Regime
Effects of UN and Russian Influence on Drug Policy in Central Asia — Article by Executive Director Richard Elliott and Senior Policy Analyst Leah Utyasheva in At What Cost?: HIV and Human Rights Consequences of the Global “War On Drugs” (Open Society Institute, March 2009)
1^st Annual Symposium on HIV, Law and Human Rights and 2009 Annual General Meeting
For more information, www.aidslaw.ca/events
The Proposed “Mandatory Testing and Disclosure Act”: An Unjustified and Unnecessary Violation of Rights — A submission to the Yukon Department of Justice and Members of the Legislative Assembly
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January 2009

Canada Faces Review by United Nations Human Rights Council
News Release
HIV/AIDS Policy & Law Review 13(2/3)
Judge Admits Inappropriate Treatment of HIV-positive Witness
News Release
Law student interns — Summer 2009 (application deadline: February 13, 2009)
For more information, visit www.aidslaw.ca/careers
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Deadly disregard: government refusal to implement evidence-based measures to prevent HIV and hepatitis C virus infections in prisons — Canadian Medical Association Journal 177(3) July 2007 Important Step Forward in Vote on Bill C-393 Statement Former Prime Minister Among 59 VIPs Calling for Changes to Access to Medicines Regime News Release Canada’s Access to Medicines Regime: An open letter to Canada’s Parliamentarians from concerned Canadians Back to top November 2009 New Poll Reveals 80% of Canadians Want Changes to Canada’s Access to Medicines Regime News Release and Survey Respect, Protect and Fulfill: Legislating for Women’s Rights in the Context of HIV/AIDS www.aidslaw.ca/womensrights Withholding Hope: Canadian Red Tape and the Fight to Get AIDS Medicine to Africa — panel discussion with Richard Elliott (December 3) For more information, www.aidslaw.ca/events Human Rights in Prison: Prisoners' Rights to HIV Prevention, Treatment, and Care — a panel discussion with Ralf Jürgens, Richard Elliott, and James Motherall (November 23) For more information, www.aidslaw.ca/events Burlington Ubuntu Grandwomen's Meeting — Richard Elliott, guest speaker (November 18) For more information, www.aidslaw.ca/events Submission to the UN Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review Working Group, Eighth Session (2010) re: Review of Kyrgyz Republic HIV, disability and discrimination: making the links in international and domestic human rights law — article in the Journal of the International AIDS Society Delivering on the Pledge: Reforming Canada's Access to Medicines Regime — seminar by Richard Elliott (November 19) For more information, www.aidslaw.ca/events Back to top October 2009 “Do the Right Thing”: An evidence-based response to addiction and mental health in federal prisons — Brief to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security regarding its study Federal Corrections: Mental Health and Addiction Making CAMR Work: Streamlining Canada’s Access to Medicines Regime — Brief to the Senate Banking, Trade and Commerce Committee regarding Bill S-232 Groups Call for Effective Law on Access to Medicines for Developing Countries News Release Expert Panel before Parliament to Discuss Reforming Access to Medicines Regime Media Advisory Senate to Deal with Life-or-Death Issue News Release Submission to the UN Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review Working Group, Seventh Session (2010) re: Review of Kazakhstan Back to top September 2009 “Children Can’t Wait!” — A benefit in support of the campaign to reform Canada’s Access to Medicines Regime (November 20) For more information, www.aidslaw.ca/events Old Regime Dies; Will There Be a Second Life for CAMR? News Release Joint Statement to United Nations Human Rights Council, 12^th Session re: Update by High Commissioner for Human Rights Know the Law, Know Your Rights — a workshop in Thunder Bay on HIV, law & human rights For more information, www.aidslaw.ca/events HIV Disclosure and the Law: Criminalization, Discrimination and Privacy — a legal issues workshop for the Thunder Bay legal community For more information, www.aidslaw.ca/events Back to top August 2009 Fixing Canada’s Access to Medicines Regime (CAMR): 20 Questions & Answer s A human rights analysis of the N’Djamena model legislation on AIDS and HIV-specific legislation in Benin, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Sierra Leone and Togo (September 2007) Back to top July 2009 Outreach Coordinator (application deadline: July 20, 2009) For more information, visit www.aidslaw.ca/careers Back to top June 2009 The Criminalization of HIV Transmission and Exposure — Public Lecture by Justice Edwin Cameron of the Constitutional Court of South Africa Audio recording also available at www.aidslaw.ca/symposium > Public Lecture Administrative Assistant (application deadline: July 10, 2009) For more information, visit www.aidslaw.ca/careers Time for Canada to “Grow Up” About Drugs News Release Namibian Lawyer and Canadian Academic Honoured for HIV/AIDS Work News Release Annual Report 2008–2009 Collective response re: Bill C-15 on Mandatory Minimum Sentences — Organizations and Experts Across the Country Decry a Damaging Step in the Wrong Direction Focus on Criminalization News Release New Report Outlines Legal Case for Prisoners’ Access to Clean Needles News Release Clean Switch: The Case for Prison Needle and Syringe Programs in Canada Back to top May 2009 Move to Reform “CAMR” Gains Momentum News Release Dying for Lack of Medicines in Developing Countries Statement HIV/AIDS Policy & Law Review 14(1) Back to top April 2009 National Lawyers' Referral Database Bill C-15: Mandatory minimum sentences for drug offences — An open letter to the federal Ministers of Justice and Health Misleading and Misguided: Mandatory Prison Sentences for Drug Offences — Brief to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights regarding Bill C-15, An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts Bill C-15 Falls Short of Its Goals News Release Legal Network News 32 “Patients, Not Criminals”?: Compulsory drug dependence treatment in Thailand must be reviewed News Release (English and Thai) Joint statement to UN Human Rights Council, 10^th Session re: Follow-up and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action (Item 8) Students and Community in Six Cities Echo Senator’s Call to Reform Access to Medicines Regime News Release Back to top March 2009 Expert Panel Launches Campaign to Reform Access to Medicines Regime News Release Expert Panel to Discuss Reforming Access to Medicines Regime Media Advisory Drug Use and HIV/AIDS in Thailand — a series of 6 info sheets (also available in Thai) Compulsory Drug Treatment in Thailand: Observations on the Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation Act B.E. 2545 (2002) (also available in Thai) The Rights of People Who Use Drugs in Prisons at Alberta Harm Reduction Conference Media Advisory NGO Statement to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, 53rd Session Back to top February 2009 Delivering on the pledge, treating the most vulnerable: Ensuring affordable AIDS drugs for children in the developing world by streamlining Canada’s Access to Medicines Regime Effects of UN and Russian Influence on Drug Policy in Central Asia — Article by Executive Director Richard Elliott and Senior Policy Analyst Leah Utyasheva in At What Cost?: HIV and Human Rights Consequences of the Global “War On Drugs” (Open Society Institute, March 2009) 1^st Annual Symposium on HIV, Law and Human Rights and 2009 Annual General Meeting For more information, www.aidslaw.ca/events The Proposed “Mandatory Testing and Disclosure Act”: An Unjustified and Unnecessary Violation of Rights — A submission to the Yukon Department of Justice and Members of the Legislative Assembly Back to top January 2009 Canada Faces Review by United Nations Human Rights Council News Release HIV/AIDS Policy & Law Review 13(2/3) Judge Admits Inappropriate Treatment of HIV-positive Witness News Release Law student interns — Summer 2009 (application deadline: February 13, 2009) For more information, visit www.aidslaw.ca/careers Back to top To view PDF files you require the free Adobe Acrobat Reader. 2009 2008 2007
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