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Gay marriage to be introduced in Scotland

Scotland could become the first part of the UK to introduce gay marriage after the SNP government announced plans to make the change.

Published
25 July 2012
From
BBC
Human rights
The women Greece blames for its HIV crisis

New figures in Greece have shown an astonishing rise in new HIV infections. Health workers blamed deep cuts to social programmes, but state doctors and police rounded up prostitutes across Athens and forced the women to take HIV tests.

Published
25 July 2012
From
The Independent
Finance and funding
Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network Faces Major Funding Cuts

As the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network marks its 20th anniversary, it faces an unprecedented challenge with recent news of a drastic cut in funding under Canada’s federal AIDS strategy — a cut that significantly undermines its ability to continue its work in defending and promoting human rights in the response to HIV.

Published
24 July 2012
From
Postitive Lite
Discrimination and the law
USA: banning people with HIV from attending the AIDS 2012 conference

Heidemarie Kremer is a medical doctor, psychologist, and scientist. She has been barred from presenting her science at the International AIDS Conference in Washington because she is HIV-positive. She writes, "I have a criminal record because I am open about my HIV status. The stigma has made me silent".

Published
18 July 2012
From
50.50
HIV and criminal law
Nondisclosure of HIV status should be decriminalized: report

Sex work, possession of drugs for personal use and nondisclosure of HIV should all be decriminalized, according to a report released Monday by the Global Commission on HIV and the Law.

Published
09 July 2012
From
Toronto Star
Discrimination and the law
How evidence and human rights based laws can end an epidemic of bad laws and transform the global AIDS response!

The final report of the Global Commission on HIV and the Law presents a coherent and compelling evidence base on human rights and legal issues relating to HIV.

Published
09 July 2012
From
Global Commission on HIV and the Law
Travel
Republic of Moldova lifts travel restrictions for people living with HIV, strengthens protections against discrimination

The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) applauds the legislative reforms by the Republic of Moldova to lift its restrictions on entry, stay or residence based on HIV status. With these reforms, the Republic of Moldova joins a growing list of countries that are aligning national HIV legislation with international public health and human rights standards.

Published
24 June 2012
From
UNAIDS
HIV and criminal law
Controversial AIDS law passed in Dominican Republic

This national law is the result of five years of multisectorial work, and although most of its articles are very progressive, at the same time it includes the criminalisation and penalisation of HIV transmission.

Published
21 June 2012
From
International HIV/AIDS Alliance
Experiences of stigma
UK border control slammed for gay HIV paedo outburst

The inspector of London's Gatwick Airport has slammed the UK Border Agency after officers likened a gay HIV positive man to a paedophile.

Published
18 June 2012
From
Gay Star News
HIV and criminal law
State vs. Plunkett: New York Court of Appeals Says HIV+ Man’s Saliva Is Not a “Dangerous Instrument”

Legal and public health experts are applauding the New York Court of Appeals' decision today to vacate the 2006 conviction and sentencing of David Plunkett, an HIV-positive man, for aggravated assault for biting a police officer. The state prosecutor had argued that Plunkett had used his saliva as a "dangerous instrument" when he allegedly bit a police officer. The ruling is particularly important because it makes clear that a person's health status, disability or other physical attributes should never be the basis for increased charges or sentencing.

Published
08 June 2012
From
The Center for HIV Law & Policy
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