HIV Australia - Legal section

Sally Cameron is the Legal Editor of HIV Australia

Last updated 10 July 2010

	Vol. 8 No. 2 Legal News. Comment on how the Zuburoni case was handled by media Ugandan HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Act ILO conference adopts unprecedented new international labour standard on HIV 10 July 2010
	Vol 7.4 Mental health and HIV Migration inquiry: Call for reform Linda Forbes reports on the inquiry into the migration treatment of disability Out of sight; out of mind - involuntary admission and treatment of people with mental illness Mélanie Allard advocates for the human rights of people severe mental illness and HIV December 2009
	Vol 7. 3 Stigma and discrimination Bad Blood? Gay men, the Red Cross and blood donation Abigail Groves reflects on the recent Anti-Discrimination Tribunal decision in relation to gay men and blood donation The verdict in R v Michael Neal: mixed messages on responsibility, disclosure and the stigma of HIV Michael Williams takes a closer look at the verdict in the recent trial of Melbourne man Michael Neal   September 2009
	Vol. 7.1 Reflections on 25 years of the HIV epidemic Unfinished business: reflections on Australia’s efforts to embed human rights in our HIV responses By John Godwin      4 April 2009
	Vol. 6 No. 4 HIV and the Law Criminalisation of HIV Transmission and Exposure – Risk, Negotiation and Consent An overview of some of the factors set to influence our understanding of Australian HIV transmission criminal trials, by Sally Cameron. Forced to the margins…again… Peter Canavan and John Rule examine the effects of recent media attention on the lives of positive people. Genotyping: Limitations and ethical concerns By Edwin Bernard Don’t ask, don’t tell? Disclosure and HIV By Rob Lake Same-sex discrimination: why it matters to people living with HIV/AIDS? By David Scamell New prison for the ACT – but no new policy on NSPs By Abigail Groves Reckless Vectors: The Infecting ‘Other’ in AIDS Law By Heather Worth, Cindy Patton and Diane Goldstein Risky Behaviour, Risk Assessment and the Criminal Prosecution of Positive People An overview of the Victorian experience in prosecutions of positive people using offence not specifically directed to HIV, and the problems posed by statistical evidence, by Matthew Groves United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disability On July 17, 2008, Australia ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disability. Rob Lake, from Positive Life NSW, writes about why that was an important day for people with HIV in Australia and around the world.

 Vol. 6 No. 2

• The law of living longer Iain Brady, Kathryn Viegas and Nadine Behan from the HIV/AIDS Legal Centre in Sydney report on legal issues facing people living long-term with HIV.

Vol. 6 No. 1

• Bowen Dentist – Dental Transmission  Sally Cameron looks at the risks of HIV transmission in Dental settings.

Vol. 5. No. 4

• HIV on trial SALLY CAMERON looks at a number of recent criminal cases involving HIV transmission through sexual contact.

Vol. 5 No. 3

• Age of consent Sally Cameron discusses the differing age of consent laws across Australia and their impact on HIV rates among at risk communities.

Vol. 5 No. 2: October - December 2006

• Tasmanian sex work lawsThe long awaited reform of Tasmania’s sex industry has crashed and burned with the introduction of restrictive legislation reports SALLY CAMERON

• Sex worker registration - privacy and ethical concernsThe Scarlet Alliance Executive reports on Australia’s complex sex industry laws.

• Libyan “deliberate infection” saga continues The jury is still out on the retrial of the five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor accused of deliberately infecting 426 children with HIV, reports SALLY CAMERON.

• Migration law and HIV/AIDS: "A door closes, but a window opens"By Peter Papadopoulos

   

   

Vol. 5 No. 1: July - September 2006

• Groundbreaking New Zealand case on disclosurea new New Zealand court case, which has clarified the responsibility of positive people when it comes to HIV transmission, may have far reaching implications, reports SALLY CAMERON.

Vol. 4. No. 3: March - May 2005

• Migration law and HIV PETER PAPADOPOULOS outlines a unique federal Court decision which may offer HIV positive visa applicants renewed hope.

Vol. 4 No. 1: December 2004 - February 2005

• Enabling environment or environmental degradation Australia’s HIV prevention efforts have relied on a national commitment to providing an enabling environment for prevention, treatment and care. However, national policy is now in danger of being superseded by a medicalised response, reports JOHN GODWIN.
• Testing times HIV testing and human rights in an era of scaling up access to treatments. DAVID BUCHANAN reports.

Vol 3. No. 4: June - August 2004

• Drug use, disability and discrimination JOHN GODWIN examines the Senate Legal and Constitutional Committee Report into the Disability Discrimination Amendment Bill 2003.

Vol 3. No. 3: March - May 2004

• Why sex workers believe ‘Smaller is Better’ERICA RED and SAUL of the Private Worker Alliance discuss the implications of the decriminalisation process of the sex industry in NSW.
• Legislating online education A discussion of the current laws governing publication of material on the Internet and the possible implications for HIV educators.

Vol 3. No. 2: December 2003 - February 2004

• Towards a UN convention on the rights of people with disabilities The United Nations General Assembly will vote this year on a proposal to develop a Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities. ROB LAKE reports asks if this Convention would cover people living with HIV or AIDS, and looks at how HIV non-government organisations can participate and be represented in the process.
• Human rights and HIV in settings of poverty: putting people at the heart of the epidemicELIZABETH REID provides a synopsis of her report on human rights and HIV presented at the recent ASHM conference in Cairns.

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Vol 3. No 1.

• Court rules on confidentialityDAVID PULS provides clarification on what the ruling from the NSW Supreme Court Decision of PD v Dr Nicholas Harvey & Ors will mean for medical and counselling practitioners.
• Prevention versus treatment: Can human rights help bridge the divide? Debate around treatment and prevention often occur within economic and public health frameworks. JOHN GODWIN calls for the need to address the debate from a human rights perspective.

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Vol. 2, No. 4

June/August 2003

• Women at risk in Cambodia HIV prevalence among adult Cambodians (aged 15-49) is 2.7 per cent, making Cambodia the country with the highest HIV prevalence in Southeast Asia, reports Chris Ward.
• Unravelling the law Sian Aldis describes a new resource for positive women on the law and HIV.

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Vol 2. No. 3

March - June 2003

Two steps back? Western Australia's Prostitution Control bill would have to be a strong contender for the worst model of regulation ever devised since the push for law reform began across Australia in the mid 1980s. John Godwin reports.

Vol 2. No. 2

December 2002 - February 2003

Rewriting the guidelines on HIV and human rightsJustice Michael Kirby reports on the conclusion of the Third International Expert Consultation on Advancing Care, Treatment and Support for People Living with HIV/AIDS.

Vol 2. No. 1

August - November 2002

Christine Stewart.reports on the epidemic in PNG and the PNG management and prevention Bill; Daniel Reidpath and Kit Yee Chan look at HIV/AIDS related discrimination in the Asia Pacific region.

 

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Vol 1. No. 4

June - July 2002

Defending discriminationThe HIV/AIDS Legal Centre (HALC) has seen a number of cases recently where clients have been discriminated against on the basis of their HIV positive status in employment. (PDF 20KB)

Vol 1. No. 3

April - May 2002 (PDF - 24 KB)

Tightening of Medicare eligibility rules affect treatment access; Treatment for female inmates with HIV lags behind men: European report; OK to sack dental worker with HIV, rules US court; and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have released Revised Guidelines for HIV Counselling that include legal service referrals.

Vol 1. No. 2.

February - March 2002 (PDF - 27KB)
The HIV/AIDS Legal Centre (NSW) recently received a National Human Rights Award, and impact of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 as a tool for social change

Vol 1. No. 1.

December - January 2001 edition (PDF - 42KB)
Privacy guidelines for health service providers; and the International Labour Organisation's Code of Practice on HIV.