Resources

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  HIV and the criminal law

  An internationally focused resource exploring the full range of issues relating to the criminalisation of HIV exposure and transmission, with information on current laws and

  From: Aidsmap 2.0

  Information level Level 4
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  HIV, sex and the law

  Several people in the UK have been sent to prison after being convicted of grievous bodily harm (GBH) because they infected their sexual partners with

  From: Booklets

  Information level Level 2
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  HIV and the law

  Information on different aspects of the law and HIV: confidentiality; criminalisation of transmission; immigration and asylum law; and protection from discrimination.

  From: namlife.org

  Information level Level 2

Features

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  Unsafe convictions?

  Why advocates have concerns over recent HIV and hepatitis B prosecutions, by Edwin J Bernard and Michael Carter

  From: HIV treatment update

  Information level Level 3

Aidsmap news

• Three tactics to stem the tide of criminal prosecutions

  29 July 2010 | Roger Pebody

• North America and Western Europe lead the world in criminalising HIV transmission and exposure

  19 July 2010 | Roger Pebody

• Vienna declaration calls for science-based drug policies

  30 June 2010 | Press Release

• Uganda: Minister's turnaround on HIV bill raises concern

  13 May 2010 | Reproduced from PLUS NEWS

• Uganda: Minister's turnaround on HIV bill raises concern

  13 May 2010 | Reproduced from PLUS NEWS

• Canadian judge rules that insertive unprotected anal sex does not create a 'significant risk of serious bodily harm'

  12 May 2010 | Edwin J. Bernard

• Ten-year sentence in Scottish HIV prosecution

  26 February 2010 | Michael Carter

• Ten-year sentence in Scottish HIV prosecution

  26 February 2010 | Michael Carter

• Latest Scottish HIV transmission conviction sets worrying legal precedent

  20 January 2010 | Michael Carter

• Uganda: government minister questions need for new anti-gay laws

  08 January 2010 | Keith Alcorn

More news

News selected from other sources

• International AIDS Society calls for an end to harassment, intimidation and imprisonment of HIV professionals

  03 September 2010

• Sittingbourne man jailed for giving woman HIV

  31 August 2010

• No jail for Germany HIV popstar

  26 August 2010

• HIV star 'should not be jailed'

  25 August 2010

• Don’t lash AIDS victims: Saudi courts told

  22 August 2010

• 'In those days I was careless,' says pop star accused of infecting man with HIV

  18 August 2010

• German singer Nadja Benaissa apologises at HIV trial

  18 August 2010

• Uganda Anti-gay bill stalls: Anti-Homosexuality Bill loses steam after local and international opposition

  04 August 2010

• Does HIV trump privacy?

  28 July 2010

• US: Obama administration calls for end to HIV-specific criminal laws

  20 July 2010

• New Guidance for Police Investigating Criminal Transmission of HIV

  15 July 2010