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Aboriginal People and HIV/AIDS: Legal Issues- Info Sheet 3 HUMAN RIGHTS LAW

Publication type: 
Training / Education Manual
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Agency: 
Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN)
Series: 
Sheet 3
Date: 
1999-03
Pages: 
2
Summary: 
Sheet 3 in a series of 9 info sheets on issues facing Aboriginal people with HIV/AIDS. Sheet 3 presents human right law and how statutes apply to governmental and non-governmental actors in the areas of employment, services and accommodation. It explains the difference between on-reserve and off-reserve rights as well as Provincial and Federal jurisdictions.
Keywords: 
Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network; Aboriginal health; HIV testing; harm reduction; discrimination; confidentiality; epidemiology; suicide; racism; colonialism; holistic; socioeconomic; STD; incarceration