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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

Should not disclosing your HIV status be a crime?

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Mother Jones
22 June 2012
HIV & criminal law

Controversial AIDS law passed in Dominican Republic

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International HIV/AIDS Alliance
21 June 2012
Experiences of stigma

Police HIV advice 'outdated and stigmatising'

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The Guardian
19 June 2012
HIV & criminal law

Man makes safe-sex argument to overturn conviction on HIV exposure

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MSNBC
15 June 2012
HIV & criminal law

HIV-positive saliva not a 'deadly weapon' - NY court

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Reuters
8 June 2012
HIV & criminal law

State vs. Plunkett: New York Court of Appeals Says HIV+ Man’s Saliva Is Not a “Dangerous Instrument”

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The Center for HIV Law & Policy
8 June 2012
Finance & funding

EJAF Gives $850,000 in First Round of 2012 Grants

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Poz magazine news
31 May 2012
HIV & criminal law

Shereen El-Feki: HIV -- how to fight an epidemic of bad laws

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TED
29 May 2012
HIV & criminal law

Call for papers on Criminalizing Contagion

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BMJ Group blogs
24 May 2012
HIV & criminal law

Man Gets 12 Years For Giving Blood With HIV to Girl in China

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Poz magazine news
18 May 2012
HIV & criminal law

Criminal Injustice: HIV criminalization survivors speak up

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Poz
14 May 2012
Sex workers

Matthew Weait on the Greek brothel arrests

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The Times That Belong To Us
3 May 2012
HIV & criminal law

Greece arrests 17 HIV-positive women in brothels

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The Associated Press
3 May 2012
HIV & criminal law

Scotland: New guidance on prosecutions clarifies law, recognises treatment's impact on infectiousness

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Criminal HIV Transmission
2 May 2012
HIV & criminal law

NAT welcomes new guidance in Scotland on prosecutions for HIV transmission

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NAT press release
1 May 2012
HIV & criminal law

EAST AFRICA: Regional HIV Bill passed without criminalization clause

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IRIN Plus News
27 April 2012
HIV & criminal law

Norway: Prosecuted gay man goes public, makes a real difference

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Criminal HIV Transmission
27 April 2012
HIV & criminal law

HIV Criminalization Law Proposed in Bahrain

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Poz magazine news
25 April 2012
HIV & criminal law

NY Appeals Court to Hear if Saliva With HIV Is "Dangerous"

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Poz magazine news
24 April 2012
HIV & criminal law

Is Criminalization of HIV Transmission Effective? Swedish Case Reveals Why the Why the Answer is No

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RH Reality Check
23 April 2012
Sex workers

Prostitutes Push for N.Y. Law Banning Condoms as Evidence

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San Francisco Chronicle
17 April 2012
Experiences of stigma

Winnipeg man guilty in death of HIV-positive boyfriend

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Ottawa Citizen
13 April 2012
HIV & criminal law

Swedish laws impede HIV prevention methods

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Radio Sweden
10 April 2012
HIV & criminal law

New US AIDS policy director draws mixed reviews for recent remarks

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The Colorado Independent
4 April 2012