HIV/AIDS policy & law review / Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
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HIV AIDS Policy Law Rev · Dec 2005
Legal Network report calls for decriminalization of prostitution in Canada.
In December 2005 the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network released Sex, work, rights: reforming Canadian criminal laws on prostitution. The report examines the ways in which the prostitution-related provisions of the Criminal Code, and their enforcement, have criminalized many aspects of sex workers' lives and have promoted their social marginalization. ⋯ Despite the report's Canadian focus, its human rights analysis is relevant to the situation of sex workers in other countries where prostitution is illegal and sex workers face rights abuses. In this article, Glenn Betteridge, the principal author of the report, briefly sets out the case for law reform.
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HIV AIDS Policy Law Rev · Dec 2005
United States: challenges filed to anti-prostitution pledge requirement.
Two separate lawsuits were filed recently in US federal courts challenging a provision of US law requiring that non-governmental organizations have a policy "explicitly opposing prostitution" as a condition of receiving funding under the United States Leadership against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (US Global AIDS Act). US-based plaintiffs in both cases argue that the anti-prostitution pledge requirement in the Act violates US Constitutional guarantees of free speech and due process, and undermines proven, effective efforts to fight HIV/AIDS among sex workers.
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On 6 April 2005, the Russian government submitted a bill to the Duma (the national parliament) which, if passed, would turn back many of the recent reforms of Russia's drug policy.
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HIV AIDS Policy Law Rev · Aug 2005
India: New patent law may restrict access to HIV/AIDS treatments.
On 4 April 2005, India's Patents (Amendment) Act, 2005 (the Act) received presidential assent. The Act, which represents a major shift in Indian patent policy, raises serious concerns that the supply of generic drugs to developing countries could decline.