HIV/AIDS policy & law review / Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
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HIV AIDS Policy Law Rev · Apr 2011
Saskatchewan Court of Appeal: marriage commissioners cannot discriminate.
The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal has ruled that proposed legislation allowing marriage commissioners to refuse to solemnize same-sex marriages based on religious objections would violate the equality rights of gays and lesbians under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Charter). The Court expressed its opinion in a Reference involving proposed amendments to the Marriage Act.
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HIV AIDS Policy Law Rev · Apr 2011
Court of Appeal reaffirms long-term income support for alcohol and drug dependence.
On 16 September 2010, the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld a decision of the Social Benefits Tribunal that found discriminatory the exclusion from long-term income support of people suffering from alcohol or drug dependency.
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HIV AIDS Policy Law Rev · Apr 2011
Proposed EU-India free trade agreement could impede manufacture of generic HIV drugs.
Medical experts are warning that an international trade agreement being brokered between the European Union (EU) and India could greatly restrict the access of people living with HIV in the developing world to life-saving antiretroviral medication.
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HIV AIDS Policy Law Rev · Apr 2011
Ontario: prostitution-related provisions of Criminal Code struck down.
In September 2010, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice held that three provisions of the Criminal Code dealing with prostitution violated sex workers' constitutional rights, were not in accordance with the principles of fundamental justice and must be struck down.