Publication type:
Training / Education Manual
Agency:
Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN)
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