HIV/AIDS Research Guide - Web Sites
Legal
- American
Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) HIV/AIDS
The ACLU's mission is "to defend and preserve the
individual rights and liberties guaranteed to all people in
[the] country by the Constitution and laws of the United
States."
- HIV
and Civil Rights: A Report from the Frontlines of the
HIV/AIDS Epidemic (November 2003)
- Americans With
Disabilities Act of 1990 - Information
This Act identifies HIV as a disability. The purpose of
this Act is "to provide a clear and comprehensive national
mandate for the elimination of discrimination against
individuals with disabilities; [and] to provide clear,
strong, consistent, enforceable standards addressing
discrimination against individuals with disabilities."
- The Body:
Legal Issues
- The
Body is a multimedia AIDS and HIV information resource.
Their page on Legal Issues in the United States is a large
collection of articles dealing with many legal issues
- The Canadian
HIV/AIDS Legal Network
Based in Montreal, the Network is the only national,
community-based, charitable organization in Canada working
in the area of policy and legal issues raised by HIV/AIDS.
It was formed in November 1992 with the mandate to advance
education and knowledge about legal, ethical, and policy
issues raised by HIV/AIDS, and to promote responses to HIV
infection and AIDS that respect human rights.
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page last updated on: Thursday 5 August 2004