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Canada must end the criminalization of people living with HIV now!
Thursday, July 11, 2024 —Toronto, ON — Members of the media are invited to attend a media conference on Tuesday, June 16, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. EDT focused on the ongoing criminalization of people living with HIV in Canada.
At the 2022 International AIDS Conference, the Government of Canada announced a national consultation on reforming the laws that criminalize HIV non-disclosure. Yet, with this year’s AIDS Conference approaching, and consultations having ended in January 2023, the government has taken no concrete steps to advance this much-needed law reform.
Members of the Canadian Coalition to Reform HIV Criminalization (CCRHC) will be joined by members of the international HIV community to discuss how Canada’s criminalization of people living with HIV continues to harm people in Canada and emboldens governments worldwide to deny basic human rights.
The media conference will be followed by a Question & Answer session with Alexander McClelland on his newly released book, Criminalized Lives: HIV and Legal Violence.
Who:
Edwin Bernard: Executive Director, HIV Justice Network (UK)
Janet Butler-McPhee: Co-Executive Director, HIV Legal Network, (Canada).
Michaela Clayton: Health and human rights consultant, Plenary speaker at AIDS 2024 (Namibia)
Colin Johnson: Advocate and member of CCRHC (Canada)
Alexander McClelland: Criminologist and member of CCRHC (Canada)
Robert Suttle: HIV Justice Network (US)
When:
Tuesday, June 16, 2024 – 10:00 a.m. EDT
Where:
The media conference will be hosted on Zoom. Pre-register at this link to receive detailed information: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/8017205295531/WN_PIofyC3cS-2wum7VALuprg
The media conference and Q&A will be hosted in English. Interviews will be available in English and French, as will all print materials.
About the Canadian Coalition to Reform HIV Criminalization
The Canadian Coalition to Reform HIV Criminalization is a national coalition of people living with HIV, community organizations, lawyers, researchers, and others formed in October 2016. It includes a steering committee on which a majority of members are people living with HIV.
About Alexander McLelland
Alexander McLelland is an assistant professor at the Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. He is also a member of the Canadian Coalition to Reform HIV Criminalization.
MEDIA CONTACT:
Dylan DeMarsh
Digital and Strategic Communications Officer
HIV Legal Network
705-772-7240 - d.dmarsh@hivlegalnetwork.ca
Source: https://www.hivlegalnetwork.ca
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