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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Opinion

HIV criminalisation still an issue during COVID-19 pandemic

17 April 2020

On 21 February, just prior to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, we celebrated a week where – for the first time in years – we saw no reported cases of HIV criminalisation anywhere in the world. Soon after we…

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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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Video: Seminar on HIV Criminalisation, Berlin, 20 September 2012 (EATG/DAH/IPPF/HIV in Europe)

23 October 2012

This international conference on the criminalisation of HIV non-disclosure, potential or perceived HIV exposure and non-intentional HIV transmission took place at the Rotes Rathaus in Berlin on 20th September 2012. HIV advocates, law and human rights experts and other concerned…

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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

India: Mizoram Legislative Forum on HIV/AIDS discusses possibility of mandatory HIV testing for all citizens

Mizoram legislators bat for mandatory HIV testing amid rising cases
September 19, 2024

Australia: Criminalisation fuels healthcare disparities for migrants living with HIV

HIV in Australia: shades of injustice remain
September 17, 2024

Senegal: HIV advocates push to update country's HIV law to reflect scientific advances

HIV/AIDS campaigners call for revision of HIV law
August 23, 2024
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