{"title":"Report documents human rights abuses of drug users in Thailand.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A violent, state-sponsored \"war on drugs\" is jeopardizing Thailand's long struggle to become one of Southeast Asia's leading rights-respected democracies. This is one of the findings of a report released by Human Rights Watch (HRW) on the eve of the XV International AIDS Conference in Bangkok, Thailand in July 2004.</p>","PeriodicalId":83647,"journal":{"name":"Canadian HIV/AIDS policy & law review","volume":"9 2","pages":"32-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24811295","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Global: HIV/AIDS-related travel restrictions--UNAIDS/IOM statement and revision of International Health Regulations.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In June 2004 UNAIDS and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) issued a joint statement on HIV/AIDS-related travel restrictions. While acknowledging that the regulation of immigration matters is widely recognized as falling within the sovereign power of the individual state concerned, the statement distinguishes between short-term (one month or less) and long-term travel.</p>","PeriodicalId":83647,"journal":{"name":"Canadian HIV/AIDS policy & law review","volume":"9 2","pages":"37"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24811301","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"About harm reduction in the context of the response to HIV/AIDS.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":83647,"journal":{"name":"Canadian HIV/AIDS policy & law review","volume":"9 2","pages":"5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24811416","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"India: constitutional protection from discrimination in employment on the basis of HIV status affirmed in three cases.","authors":"Hari Subramaniam","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":83647,"journal":{"name":"Canadian HIV/AIDS policy & law review","volume":"9 2","pages":"61-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24810727","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"UK: Court of Appeal orders retrial in UK's first HIV criminal transmission case.","authors":"Joanna Wells","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>On 5 May 2004, the UK Court of Appeal, Criminal Division, granted Mohammed Dica's appeal against his October 2003 conviction on two counts of causing grievous bodily harm for reckless transmission of HIV. The court ordered a retrial after determining that the trial judge was wrong to not allow the defendant to present information that the victims had known about his condition and had consented to the risk.</p>","PeriodicalId":83647,"journal":{"name":"Canadian HIV/AIDS policy & law review","volume":"9 2","pages":"62-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24810728","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Russian Federation: Battle not over in drug-law changes.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>As reported in the last issue of the Review, in late 2003 the Russian Parliament amended the national drug law to allow for the possibility of less harsh penalties for small-scale drug users. The Parliament left the development of accompanying regulations to the federal drug-control authorities and the Ministry of Health. These two entities were meant to recommend new levels of minimum dosages that would qualify users for criminal penalties if those amounts were found in their possession. Rather than acting in the spirit of the Parliament's amendment, in March 2004 the drug-control authorities circulated a proposal for minimum dosages so tiny that virtually any level of possession would incur a long prison sentence.</p>","PeriodicalId":83647,"journal":{"name":"Canadian HIV/AIDS policy & law review","volume":"9 2","pages":"34"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24811297","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Criminal law and HIV transmission/exposure: three new cases.","authors":"Glenn Betteridge, Hari Subramaniam","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":83647,"journal":{"name":"Canadian HIV/AIDS policy & law review","volume":"9 2","pages":"53-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24810722","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Australia: Migration Review Tribunal waives medical inadmissibility criteria for two HIV-positive visa applicants.","authors":"Hari Subramaniam","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In two recent cases, Australia's Migration Review Tribunal (MRT) overturned government decisions to refuse the visa applications of HIV-positive candidates for Partner (Temporary) (Class UK) visas on the basis of medical inadmissibility. In doing so, the MRT questioned the opinion of the government medical officer concerning the costs to the Australian community, and took into account the applicants' potential contributions.</p>","PeriodicalId":83647,"journal":{"name":"Canadian HIV/AIDS policy & law review","volume":"9 2","pages":"58-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24810725","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}