Date: 19 January 2007
In 2007, John Shelley, a prisoner in the United Kingdom, brought a case before the European Court of Human Rights, claiming that the failure of the Prison Service to provide access to provide prisoners with access to sterile syringes was in violation of Arts 2, 3 and 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).
The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network and the Irish Penal Reform Trust were jointly granted leave to intervene in the proceeding by submitting a written brief. The joint brief draws on the Legal Network’s comprehensive global review of the evidentiary and legal basis for prison needle exchange programs, and the guidance to be found in international human rights law and health standards related to HIV/AIDS in prisons.
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