This report focuses on the plight of the women in Rwanda, Burundi, Sierra Leone and the Democratic Republic of the Congo who have contracted HIV/AIDS as a result of rape during conflict in those countries. The report argues that under international human rights and humanitarian law, these women have the right to reparations for their suffering, including guaranteed access to antiretroviral drugs to fight HIV/AIDS.
Adopted by the Canadian Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade and the Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Development of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade.
Rights & Democracy's contribution to the Government of Canada's review of its anti-terrorism legislation, particularly Act C-36.
Rights & Democracy's contribution to the Government of Canada's international policy review.
Impact of Canadian surveillance technology exports to China.
Submitted by the Canadian Food Security Policy Group, October 2004. A discussion paper for the Government of Canada's International Policy Review.
Report based on a seminar held in Montreal with Professors Brendan O'Leary and John McGarry on 24 September 2004. Analysis of the negotiations over the Iraqi Interim Constitution - known as the Transitional Administrative Law (TAL) - as they pertained to the Kurdish region.
Summary of Proceedings of the Policy Seminar with the Dalai Lama. Report written by Antonio José Almeida in cooperation with Tamara Herman and Carole Samdup, August 2004.
Background information to Rights & Democracy's workshop at the Americas Social Forum, July 28, 2004, Quito, Ecuador.