Human rights consequences of mandatory HIV screening policy of newcomers to Canada

• Published in: Health and human rights Vol. 12; no. 2; pp. 119 - 134
• Main Author: Bisaillon, Laura M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States The President and Fellows of Harvard College 2010
• Subjects: AIDS; AIDS serodiagnosis; Bioethics; Canada; Citizenship; Consultation; Emigrants and Immigrants; Empirical research; Field work; Health and Human Rights in Practice; Health policy; HIV; HIV Infections - diagnosis; Human Rights; Humans; Immigrants; Mandatory Programs; Mandatory testing; Mass Screening; Medical practice; Natural rights; Policy analysis; Public health; Public Policy; Refugees; Screening; Screening tests; Canada

This paper focuses on the key human rights consequences of the HIV screening policy that applies to all permanent and some temporary resident applicants to Canada. This mandatory policy was introduced in early 2002 by Citizenship and Immigration Canada after consultation with Health Canada. The poli...