The public health and human rights rationale for prison-based needle and syringe programs Programs that ensure access to sterile injecting equipment are an important component of a comprehensive approach to reducing the vulnerability of prisoners to HIV and HCV infection.
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Brief to the Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights regarding its study on human rights of prisoners in the correctional system
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Publication Topics: Prisons
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Words. Action. Impact. Annual Report 2016–2017
Highlights of our work in Canada and around the world from April 1, 2016, to March 31, 2017.
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Letter to provinces and territories Re: Healthy drug policy: Bill C-37 and beyond
“We, the undersigned, write to you respecting the recent passage into law of Bill C-37, An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and to make related amendments to other Acts. As you well know, the intent of this law is to facilitate the scaling up of safer consumption services (SCS) across Canada, […]
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Publication Topics: Drug policy
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Submission to the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration on Medical Inadmissibility
“In Canada, people seeking permanent resident status or temporary residence as students or workers can be rejected on the basis of their HIV status due to the ‘excessive demand’ provision of Canada’s laws governing medical inadmissibility. “We recommend that the excessive demand provision be repealed, for the following reasons: The excessive demand provision is discriminatory. […]
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Publication Topics: Discrimination, Immigration and travel
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Brief to the Standing Committee on Social Policy Regarding Bill 96, the Anti-Human Trafficking Act 2017
We urge the Standing Committee on Social Policy to uphold the human rights of sex workers by rejecting Bill 96, the Anti-Human Trafficking Act 2017, as it does not help end trafficking but endangers the safety and security of vulnerable people, particularly migrant sex workers.
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Publication Topics: Sex work
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Harm Reduction in Canada: What Governments Need to Do Now
Canada is in urgent need of comprehensive harm reduction policy that jettisons the failed, costly model of drug prohibition that has ravaged so many lives, from fueling the spread of HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV), to contributing to over-incarceration, to creating conditions for the ongoing epidemic of overdose fatalities. A harm reduction approach must […]
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Publication Topics: Drug policy
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Reducing stigma and discrimination through the protection of privacy and confidentiality
This resource explains the important role of privacy and confidentiality in reducing stigma and discrimination related to STBBIs, and offers frontline health and social service providers several strategies they can use to deal with issues related to privacy, confidentiality, the criminalization of HIV non-disclosure and stigma reduction.
Also posted in Discrimination, English, French, Our Work, Privacy, Pub Document Type, Pub Language, Q&A, Reports
Publication Topics: Discrimination, HIV Criminalization, Privacy
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Indigenous Women, HIV and Gender-Based Violence
This report synthesizes resources that jointly consider Indigenous women, HIV and gender-based violence and relevant recommendations for law reform.
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Publication Topics: Indigenous Communities, Women's rights
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Letter to Health Minister Re: Senate Committee Amendments to Bill C-37
“For the reasons we have noted, we urge you to oppose and remove the Senate committee’s three amendments to Bill C-37, as they are contrary to the spirit and purpose of the bill, creating unnecessary mechanisms for delay in determinations regarding exemptions for SCS [safer consumption services] and reflecting an ongoing stigmatization surrounding people who […]
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Publication Topics: Drug policy
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Open Letter to Government Ministers Re: Renegotiating TPP
“We write to you in advance of Canada’s meeting with senior trade officials from TPP countries on May 2–3 in Toronto to map out the future of the agreement in light of the United States’ withdrawal. This meeting presents a critical opportunity for Canada to demonstrate human rights leadership—both nationally and globally. “As it stands, […]
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Publication Topics: Access to Medicines
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