HIV & the criminal law

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  • Support Ontario's prosecutorial guidelines process, tell the Attorney General to meet with civil society http://t.co/rqVVlvH08g #HIVCan 24 May 2013
  • Canada: New guide for HIV care professionals offers practical advice around HIV and the criminal law http://t.co/92oRyy7KSP #HIVCan 23 May 2013
  • Bahrain: Proposed law would require people with HIV to obtain judges' permission to marry http://t.co/9j7A2ucXuf 14 May 2013
  • US: Excellent article by @ariezrawaldman explaining why HIV criminalisation laws are unjust and how to move forward http://t.co/Uad9wNbt5H 14 May 2013
  • China: Guangdong Province revises policy preventing people with HIV from being teachers http://t.co/eKNqKH6YRy 14 May 2013
  • Greece: @zoemavroudi quotes sources saying health provision 39a, which enabled 2012 'sex workers' HIV criminalisation cases, to be repealed 14 May 2013
  • Advancing #HIV #Justice coming soon from @gnpplus and @hivjusticenet http://t.co/mYGhEEgj1S 10 May 2013
  • US: REPEAL ACT to modernise HIV criminalisation laws reintroduced by @RepBarbaraLee with bipartisan support http://t.co/XuwrnrKHai 08 May 2013
  • Australia: Is 'deliberate HIV transmission victim' impact statement true reality of living with HIV? http://t.co/6bbjd9rw7C #stigmaontrial 23 Apr 2013
  • Canada: Toronto police erroneously characterise HIV risk after gay one-night stand as “a toss of a coin” http://t.co/5wEAlZMwjl #HIVCan 23 Apr 2013
  • Grenada: Health Minister claims HIV-specific criminal law needed to prevent ‘deliberate’ transmission http://t.co/wbdNmDyqVj #HIVisnocrime 23 Apr 2013
  • Canada: Expert witness for prosecution, Robert Remis, subject of protest http://t.co/YU05H7WAB0 17 Apr 2013
  • Switzerland: Supreme Court rules that criminal HIV exposure/transmission no longer necessarily a serious assault http://t.co/ykcX3TuC2b 05 Apr 2013
  • Switzerland: Highest Court rules that §122 ('grievous bodily harm') no longer applies to criminal HIV transmission http://t.co/roKcFmd7cm 05 Apr 2013
  • Botswana: Draconian Public Health Bill allowing forced HIV testing, criminalisation provisions approved by Parliament http://t.co/FbpXkyoopH 05 Apr 2013
  • US: Constitutional 'equality' ideals leading to law that could harass, control, criminalise people with HIV in Kansas http://t.co/k3sJak4ptM 04 Apr 2013
  • Great piece on anti-criminalisation advocacy by @EdgeOnTheNet 'Advocates Urge Repeal of U.S. Laws Criminalizing HIV' http://t.co/4oDd0gZJCI 04 Apr 2013
  • Taiwan: Moral panic continues as gay man is indicted for alleged 'intentional' HIV transmission to many others http://t.co/Vy9UIvJypZ 04 Apr 2013
  • US: Minnesota Supreme Court to rule on HIV-specific criminal statute in State of Minnesota vs. Daniel James Rick http://t.co/aIky6wLmpV 03 Apr 2013

  • Preface

    By The Hon. Michael Kirby AC CMG and Edwin Cameron, Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa...

  • Introduction

    How this resource addresses the criminalisation of HIV exposure and transmission. ...

  • Fundamentals

    An overview of the global HIV pandemic, and the role of human rights and the law in the international response to HIV. ...

  • Laws

    A  history of the criminalisation of HIV exposure and transmission, and a brief explanation of the kinds of laws used to do this....

  • Harm

    Considers the actual and perceived impact of HIV on wellbeing, how these inform legislation and the legal construction of HIV-related harm. ...

  • Responsibility

    Looks at two areas of responsiblity for HIV prevention: responsibility for HIV-related sexual risk-taking and responsibility to disclose a known HIV-positive status to a sexual partner. ...

  • Risk

    An examination of prosecuted behaviours, using scientific evidence to determine actual risk, and how this evidence has been applied in jurisdictions worldwide....

  • Proof

    Foreseeability, intent, causality and consent are key elements in establishing criminal culpability. The challenges and practice in proving these in HIV exposure and transmission cases....

  • Impact

    An assessment of the impact of criminalisation and HIV – on individuals, communities, countries and the course of the global HIV epidemic....

  • Details

    A summary of laws, prosecutions and responses to criminalisation of HIV exposure or transmission internationally, and key sources of more information....

  • Blog

    Recent posts from writer and advocate Edwin J Bernard's blog are reproduced here, with Edwin's permission. ...

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