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Some countries have used the criminal law to prosecute people living with HIV who have – or are believed to have – put others at risk of acquiring HIV. Some countries’ laws criminalise people who do not disclose their HIV status to sexual partners as well as actual cases of HIV transmission.   

HIV & criminal law

Advances Worldwide in Advocacy Against HIV Criminalization

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Poz magazine news
10 June 2013
HIV & criminal law

US: Immigration Court rules in favor of HIV-positive man facing deportation

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San Diego Gay & Lesbian News
10 June 2013
Human rights

AIDS laws in Asia and the Pacific are failing to protect those most vulnerable

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United Nations Development Programme
30 May 2013
HIV & criminal law

UNAIDS publishes updated, detailed guidance on HIV criminalisation

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HIV Justice Network
28 May 2013
HIV & criminal law

Lawyer: NY man at center of HIV scare not positive

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Wall Street Journal
24 May 2013
HIV & criminal law

Canada: New guide offers practical advice to HIV nurses and clarifies professional obligations regarding HIV and the criminal law

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HIV Justice Network
23 May 2013
HIV & criminal law

US: REPEAL ACT to modernise HIV criminalisation laws reintroduced with bipartisan support

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HIV Justice Network
9 May 2013
Experiences of stigma

South Africa: 'He said sex with a virgin could cure HIV'

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Independent Online
26 April 2013
HIV & criminal law

South Africa: No law on deliberate HIV infection

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Times Live
22 April 2013
HIV & criminal law

Acrobat jailed 9.5 years for HIV infection

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Yahoo!7 News
18 April 2013
HIV & criminal law

HIV is not a crime! Accountability demanded for scientists who provide ‘expert’ testimony supporting HIV criminalization

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AIDS Action Now
16 April 2013
HIV & criminal law

Promise by Kansas Officials Addresses HIV Quarantine Fears

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Poz magazine news
16 April 2013
HIV & criminal law

Acrobat didn't know sex spread HIV: court

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news.com.au
16 April 2013
HIV & criminal law

Maryland Begins HIV Decriminalization Process

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Poz magazine news
15 April 2013
HIV & criminal law

HIV-AIDS non-disclosure should be a crime, study of gay and bisexual men finds -

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Globe and Mail
11 April 2013
Human rights

Botswana’s draconian Public Health Bill approved by Parliament, BONELA will challenge it as unconstitutional once President signs into law

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HIV Justice Network
8 April 2013
HIV & criminal law

Swiss Federal Supreme Court rules that criminal HIV exposure or transmission is no longer necessarily a serious assault

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HIV Justice Network
5 April 2013
HIV & criminal law

Kansas: Protection from quarantine for HIV, AIDS patients is discriminatory, state senator says

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Lawrence Journal-World
4 April 2013
History of HIV & AIDS

The Crime of Being Positive: the development of HIV laws in the 1980s

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The Advocate
2 April 2013
HIV & criminal law

A Spectacle of Stigma: A First-hand Account of a Canadian Criminal HIV Exposure Trial

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AIDS Action Now
2 April 2013
HIV & criminal law

Law Enforcement and HIV Policy Groups Release Fact Sheet for Police on HIV Risks - “Spit Does Not Transmit”

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HIV Justice Network
2 April 2013
HIV & criminal law

Four Stories: The Effects of HIV Criminalization on Sex and Intimacy

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Advocate.com
2 April 2013
HIV & criminal law

HIV case headed to Minnesota Supreme Court draws national interest

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Minneapolis Star Tribune
2 April 2013
HIV & criminal law

Activist: Kansas HIV quarantine bill lets religious officials justify discrimination

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Raw Story
28 March 2013