Supreme Court of Canada

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UNJUST SUPREME COURT RULING ON CRIMINALIZATION OF HIV MAJOR STEP BACKWARDS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS October 5, 2012 — As part of a coalition of interveners, the Positive Living Society of BC is... 5 October 2012
Nondisclosure of HIV status should be decriminalized, UN report says Sex work, possession of drugs for personal use and nondisclosure of HIV should all be... 12 July 2012
Time to crush the stigma of talking sex Condoms, when used consistently and correctly, are the only form of protection that can help stop... 21 June 2012
HIV case waiting for Supreme Court ruling Sitting in the prisoner’s box, Jennifer surveyed the courtroom as she waited for her turn before... 19 June 2012
How Vancouver's war on drugs began When William Lyon Mackenzie King came to Vancouver in the spring of 1908, he didn't come to start... 22 March 2012
Winnipeg immigrant deported for failing to disclose HIV-positive status to partners A Winnipeg immigrant convicted for failing to tell his sex partners he was HIV-positive has been... 20 February 2012
Gay sex and the right to privacy Do individuals infected with the HIV virus have the right to privacy? May they engage in consensual... 16 February 2012
Let's draw reasonable lines on HIV disclosure On February 8th, the Supreme Court of Canada will hear two appeals about when a person living with... 10 February 2012
HIV disclosure to sex partners mulled by top court Winnipeg man, Quebec woman did not tell sexual partners they have HIV The country's top court is... 10 February 2012
Preventing Prevention A group of activists gathered outside the Montreal Superior Court February 7 to protest the... 10 February 2012
To tell or not to tell One person freezes their used condoms just in case an HIV/AIDS criminal case should ever arise out... 10 February 2012
Canadian activists: Those living with HIV are not criminals HIV has changed over the course of the past two and a half decades with medical advancements. It is... 10 February 2012
Supreme Court ponders law on disclosure of HIV/AIDS to sex partners Canada's highest court will hear two landmark cases Wednesday on whether someone living with HIV... 9 February 2012
Supreme Court ponders law on disclosure of HIV/AIDS Canada's highest court will hear two landmark cases today on whether someone living with HIV should... 9 February 2012
International protest at Canadian legal case In advance of a landmark Supreme Court case, organizations world-wide are calling on Canada to stop... 6 February 2012
Insite ruling could set stage for decision on prostitution With the Supreme Court recently ruling as unconstitutional attempts by the federal government to... 19 January 2012
Health authority weighs adding more supervised injection sites Vancouver Coastal Health is looking at offering supervised injection services for heroin addicts at... 19 January 2012
Keep Vancouver's Insite open, Supreme Court rules The Harper government said Friday it is disappointed but will comply with a unanimous Supreme Court... 11 January 2012
Top court to review HIV sex law The Supreme Court of Canada said Thursday that it would hear an appeal in a case of a Quebec woman... 10 January 2012
Group calls for second supervised injection site in Vancouver The group that runs InSite says there is a clear need for a second supervised injection site in... 10 January 2012
The new realities of HIV The diagnosis of HIV was once a sure-fire death sentence, but that is no longer true. Treatment... 5 January 2012
Ontario withdraws intervention in HIV criminalization cases The Ministry of the Attorney General has quietly withdrawn its applications to intervene in two HIV... 20 December 2011
Abolish the criminalization of HIV Routine criminal prosecutions for not disclosing HIV status should be abolished, write three HIV/... 20 December 2011
A more cautious Supreme Court? The appointment of two new justices to the Supreme Court of Canada may not, as some progressive... 10 November 2011
Commons committee hears call for prison needle exchanges In the wake of the recent Supreme Court of Canada ruling allowing Vancouver's safe-injection site... 25 October 2011
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