News by the HIV Justice Network

News by the HIV Justice Network

The latest news by and about the HIV Justice Network and the HIV JUSTICE WORLDWIDE coalition

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UNAIDS “extremely concerned” by new COVID-19 laws that target people living with or vulnerable to HIV

10 April 2020

This week, echoing the concerns of the HIV JUSTICE WORLDWIDE Steering Committee, amongst others, UNAIDS issued a strongly worded press release condemning governments for abusing the current state of emergency over the COVID-19 pandemic for overreaching their powers and enacting…

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EATG seeks to ensure that Europe-wide standards of up-to-date scientific evidence limit overly broad HIV criminalisation

28 October 2013

EATG’s new position paper on prosecutions for HIV non-disclosure, exposure and/or transmission published last week recommends that the criminal law should only be used in extremely rare and unusual cases where HIV is maliciously and intentionally transmitted and that Europe-wide…

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Canada: Human Rights groups denounce the use of anti-spit masks

Canada: The anti-spit mask, a controversial tool
November 26, 2024

Uzbekistan: Successful advocacy is reshaping HIV legislation and profession bans

“‘A woman came to us, she asked for help with the legal process’” – Interview with Evgenia Korotkova
November 23, 2024

US: Lawmakers host community interim study on HIV criminalisation in Oklahoma

Oklahoma lawmakers, policy groups study ways to decriminalize HIV
November 23, 2024

US: Advocates seek to modernise HIV laws and HIV prevention education

Experts call for modernized HIV education and decriminalization in Oklahoma
November 16, 2024

US: New report shows that most of Indiana’s HIV criminal laws have yet to account for decades of advances in HIV science

Indiana has six HIV criminalization laws. Most criminalize conduct that cannot transmit HIV
November 15, 2024

US: First hearing imminent on two bills aiming to overhaul HIV criminalisation laws in line with modern science

Sweeping language introduced to modernize Ohio’s HIV laws proposed by an unlikely lawmaker
November 14, 2024

Kenya: Kenyan court dismisses HIV transmission case against domestic worker

Justice prevails as court stops unfounded HIV transmission charges
November 5, 2024

Mexico: Congresswoman presents HIV decriminalisation bill in Tlaxcala Congress

A bill to repeal the crime of the danger of contagion was presented before the Plenary of the Congress.
October 23, 2024

Ukraine: Bill to remove HIV specific article from criminal code to be considered by parliament

A specific article on transmission of HIV or of an other incurable infectious disease will be removed from the Criminal Code
October 8, 2024

US: Advocating for HIV decriminalisation and health equity at Indiana's first HIV advocacy summit

HIV advocates, organizations talk legislative solutions at first advocacy summit
September 20, 2024
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