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HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2012
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On October 5, 2012, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decisions in the cases of Mabior and D.C. The Court decided that people living with HIV have a legal duty, under the criminal law, to disclose their HIV-positive status to sexual partners before having sex...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2012
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PDF
Resource Type:
Report
On October 5, 2012, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decisions in the cases of Mabior and D.C. The Court decided that people living with HIV have a legal duty, under the criminal law, to disclose their HIV-positive status to sexual partners before having sex...
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HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2012
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PDF
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Fact sheet
On October 5, 2012, the Supreme Court of Canada released important decisions in two cases of HIV non-disclosure; namely, R. v. Mabior and R. v. D.C. Mabior is a man who had sex with several women without disclosing his HIV-positive status. D.C. is a woman who had sex...
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HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2012
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On June 25, the Ontario Court of Appeal decided to postpone hearing appeals in two prosecutions for HIV non-disclosure, R v. M and R v. F, until after the Supreme Court of Canada delivers its decisions in two other cases, R v. Mabior and R v. DC, anticipated later...
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HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2012
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PDF
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Report
"There are many human rights challenges that must be tackled in order to respond effectively to the ongoing, twinned pandemics of HIV and of HIV-related human rights abuses … we wish to highlight one phenomenon of growing global concern and...
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HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2012
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"These appeals raise the question of whether the offence of aggravated sexual assault can and should be established for HIV non-disclosure in circumstances where, in the Interveners’ submission, there is no 'significant risk' of transmission because...
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HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2012
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Update: the Supreme Court of Canada's February 2012 hearing of two appeals about when people living with HIV may be convicted of a crime for not disclosing their HIV status to sexual partners.
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HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2012
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Fact sheet
This document addresses some common HIV-related legal questions of agencies that provide services to women in Canada. The information will help service providers inform and refer the women with whom they work to appropriate legal information and support when...
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HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2011
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Report
1. Laws and practices that criminalize people living with HIV and vulnerable to HIVA) People who use drugsB) People in prisonC) Sex workersD) Criminalization of HIV non-disclosure2. Laws and practices that facilitate or impede HIV-related treatment accessA)...
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HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2011
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Fact sheet
Please note that the sections of this document that describe the current state of the criminal law as it relates to HIV non-disclosure do not take into account the recent Supreme Court of Canada decisions in R. v. Mabior and R. v. D.C. We are presently working to...
