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HIV/AIDS Policy & Law Review 14(3) June 2010
 

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• Criminalizing HIV transmission or exposure: the context of francophone West and Central Africa
• MSM law in francophone Africa and the fight against AIDS: the hypocrisy of certain countries

• British Columbia project seeks to improve access to HIV treatment and care among hard-to-reach populations
• Multi-million dollar AIDS vaccine project cancelled
• Surveys in Quebec reveal workplace discrimination against people living with HIV/AIDS
• Historic trauma contributes to high rates of hepatitis C among Aboriginal youth: study

• The National Institute of Public Health of Quebec voices support for supervised injection sites
• Prorogation of Parliament impedes progress of drug legislation
• Québec City by-law on drug paraphernalia could hinder the work of harm reduction programs

• Kenyan government to establish special tribunal for HIV-related issues
• South Africa: new policy means more opportunities for HIV-positive soldiers

• South Korea’s lifting of HIV travel ban is misleading
• Zimbabwe’s constitutional reform process presents opportunity to protect rights of HIV-positive people
• Australia’s HIV policies regarding refugees criticized as discriminatory
• Tajikistan piloting prison-based needle and syringe programs

• B.C. Court of Appeal upholds supervised injection site’s right to operate
• Ontario court justice dismisses class action suit of persons notified of exposure to tuberculosis
• Coroner’s jury recommends improved care for HIV-positive prisoners
• Ontario court strikes civil suit against Toronto and Ontario for failing to protect plaintiff from contracting HIV
• HIV-positive Zimbabwean couple’s refugee claim accepted on the basis of their political affiliation
• Federal Court dismisses appeal in permanent residence case, says personal commitments to pay for HIV treatment are unenforceable
• Federal Court orders review of prospective immigrants’ plan to obtain private insurance for HIV medication
• Criminal law and cases of HIV transmission or exposure

• South Africa: ANC Youth League President found guilty of hate speech
• High Court in India decides property dispute in favour of HIV-positive widow
• HIV-positive worker in Ecuador takes his employer to court for discrimination
• Criminal law and cases of HIV transmission or exposure

• Malawi: country’s first same-sex wedding ceremony results in criminal charges
• India: Supreme Court justices advise legalizing prostitution
• Bombay: High Court asks government to consider conjugal visits
Chinese teacher sentenced to three years in jail for jabbing students with syringe

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