Bangkok Satellite Announcement - Human Rights at the Margins: HIV/AIDS, Prisoners, Drug Users and the Law

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ANNOUNCEMENT: SATELLITE CONFERENCE

HUMAN RIGHTS AT THE MARGINS:HIV/AIDS, Prisoners, Drug Users and the Law

Bangkok, Thailand. 9 July 2004

The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, the Lawyers Collective HIV/AIDS

Unit(India), the International Harm Reduction Development Program, and the Thai

Network of Drug Users invite you to attend a one-day satellite conference,

co-hosted by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), to be held

just prior to the XV International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2004) on Friday 9 July

2004 in Bangkok, Thailand.

In many regions of the world, both prison settings and injecting drug use raise

critical and often over-looked legal and policy issues in relation to HIV/AIDS.

" Human Rights at the Margins: HIV/AIDS, Prisoners, Drug Users and the Law " will

give participants from both developing and developed countries a unique

opportunity to discuss and collaborate on these important issues in substantial

depth.

Registration fee: US$75 (Can$100 for Canadian registrants). This fee can be

waived, on request, for people with HIV/AIDS and for participants from

developing countries.

To register, click here or visit www.aidslaw.ca.

Please register early, as space is limited. We regret that we are unable to

provide scholarships for travel or accommodation. For more information, click

here or contact Elana at ewright@... or +1 514 397-6828

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International Council of AIDS Service Organizations (ICASO)

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Toronto, ON M4Y 1G7

CANADA

Tel: 1-416-921-0018

Fax: 1-416-921-9979

E-mail: icaso@...