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HIV and disclosure: How the Supreme Court of Canada got it wrong

The Supreme Court of Canada's ruling that people living with HIV have a legal duty to tell their sexual partners about their HIV infection except in a narrow set of circumstances — where the risk that HIV would be transmitted approaches zero -- are a step backward for HIV prevention efforts, unjust for people living with HIV, and do nothing to advance sexual assault jurisprudence, says Alison Symington in the Toronto Star.

Published
23 October 2012
From
Toronto Star
HIV and criminal law
UK: Man faces jail for infecting lover with HIV

A MAN who infected his former lover with HIV after failing to tell her he had the disease, is facing prison. Yesterday he was found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm by infecting the woman with HIV.

Published
22 October 2012
From
Shields Gazette
HIV and criminal law
Viral load will be no defence against prosecution for HIV exposure or transmission in Norway

HIV campaigners reacted with dismay today to the issuing of a report by a Norwegian Commission on HIV and the Law which, while making one significant concession in

Published
20 October 2012
By
Gus Cairns
HIV and criminal law
Canadians Living with HIV: 'We are not criminals'

Positive Canadians fear new supreme court ruling that is intended to protect will end up causing even more harm

Published
19 October 2012
From
Monday Magazine
HIV and criminal law
North Shields photographer infected woman with HIV, court told

A PHOTOGRAPHER recklessly infected a woman with HIV by having unprotected sex with her, a court heard. Prosecutors say Leslie Pringle failed to tell her he had been diagnosed as having the virus and did not use protection despite being advised he was at risk of passing on the HIV. Newcastle Crown Court heard Pringle had tested positive for the virus but failed to take his medication and missed some follow-up appointments aimed at keeping it under control.

Published
17 October 2012
From
Newcastle Evening Chronicle
HIV and criminal law
Rulings on HIV non-disclosure raise concerns

Some criminal lawyers are worried that the Supreme Court has imposed on people prosecuted for not disclosing their HIV-positive status to sex partners a “significant evidentiary burden” to show that they used a condom and that their viral loads were low when they had sex.

Published
15 October 2012
From
The Lawyers Weekly
HIV and criminal law
“Bug chasing” HIV positive man used his “toxicity” to try to kill sex partners

An HIV-positive gay man used sex, his own “toxicity” and deceit to try to infect as many people as possible with the potentially deadly disease, a Crown prosecutor alleged Thursday.

Published
12 October 2012
From
Ottawa Citizen
HIV and criminal law
Top court decision on HIV disclosure will be major issue in Ottawa attempted murder trial, lawyer says

Ambiguities in a landmark Supreme Court ruling that found HIV-positive people do not need to disclose their status if they have low viral loads and wear condoms will have a “direct impact” on the Ottawa jury trial of a man accused of trying to kill people by spreading the disease, says his lawyer.

Published
10 October 2012
From
Ottowa Citizen
HIV and criminal law
Sweden: Majority of MPs want to reform HIV disclosure obligation and 'HIV exposure' criminal liability

Two articles commemorating 30 years of HIV in Sweden in Svenska Dagbladet by journalist Tobias Brandel suggest that public – and political – opinion is being positively impacted by a two-year campaign to raise awareness and advocate against overly-broad HIV criminalisation.

Published
09 October 2012
From
HIV Justice Network
HIV and criminal law
Supreme Court decisions increase risk of violence, coercion & criminalization against women with HIV

Today the Supreme Court of Canada cemented Canada’s position as the world-leader in the criminalization of people living with HIV. We want to focus our first post on the negative impact of the decision on women living with HIV.

Published
08 October 2012
From
AIDS Action Now
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