HIV-Positive sind nicht automatisch Täter Das Parlament entschärft die Strafbarkeit bei Übertragungen von HIV. Die Aids-Hilfe Schweiz begrüsst den Entscheid, fordert aber eine weiter gehende Entkriminalisierung von Menschen mit HIV. Aids-Experten und Juristen kritisieren schon lange, dass das Strafrecht HIV-positive Menschen kriminalisiere.
Plenary Session 1: Seminar on HIV Criminalisation, Berlin, 20 September 2012 (EATG/DAH/IPPF/HIV in Europe)
Introduction by Co-chairs, Brian West (EATG) and Silke Klumb (Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe)
– Edwin J Bernard (HIV Justice Network): HIV Criminalisation: Overviews of laws, policies and issues for consideration
– Christoph Hamelmann (UNDP): Global Commission on HIV and the Law (findings and recommendations)
– Susan Timberlake (UNAIDS): Forthcoming updated UNAIDS policy and guidance
– Ninoslav Mladenovic (EATG): EATG Policy Position Paper on HIV Criminalisation
– Q&A / discussion
Video produced by Nicholas Feustel, georgetown media, for the HIV Justice Network.
Plenary Session 2: Seminar on HIV Criminalisation, Berlin, 20 September 2012 (EATG/DAH/IPPF/HIV in Europe)
Introduction by Co-chairs, Ton Coenen (HIV in Europe) and Lisa Power (Terrence Higgins Trust)
– Louis Gay (Norwegian HIV Patient Network): From accused to activist
– Kim Fangen (Norwegian Law Commission): Reforming the ‘HIV paragraph’ in Norway – lessons learned
– Matthew Weait (Professor of Law and Policy, Birkbeck College, University of London): Nordic advocacy research project – lessons learned
– Carsten Schatz (Board Member, DAH): DAH Position Paper – content and lessons learned
– Lucy Stackpool Moore (IPPF, London), Marielle Nakunzi (RFSU, Sweden) & Kevin Osborne (IPPF, London): ‘Criminalise Hate, Not HIV’: IPPF’s media strategy and advocacy approaches and lessons learned from Sweden
– Q&A / discussion
Video produced by Nicholas Feustel, georgetown media, for the HIV Justice Network
Plenary Session 3: Seminar on HIV Criminalisation, Berlin, 20 September 2012 (EATG/DAH/IPPF/HIV in Europe)
Workshop Summaries
– Susan Timberlake (UNAIDS): Workshop 1 – How to advocate for prosecutorial guidelines
– Holger Wicht (DAH): Workshop 2 – Better laws through science (Austria/Germany/Switzerland)
– Lucy Stackpool-Moore (IPPF): Workshop 3 – Filling the evidence gaps
– Peter Wiessner (EATG): Workshop 4 – Understanding and creating linkages between HIV criminalisation and punitive laws and policies affecting key populations
Q&A Session
– Ton Coenen (HIV in Europe, Netherlands)
– Nikos Dedes (EATG, Greece)
– Arwel Jones (Crown Prosecutions Service, England & Wales)
– Petra Bayr (Parliamentarian, Austria)
– Timur Abdullaev (EATG, Uzbekistan)
Next steps
– Silke Klumb (DAH)
– Peter Wiessner (EATG)
– Kevin Osborne (IPPF)
– Ton Coenen (HIV in Europe)
Video produced by Nicholas Feustel, georgetown media, for the HIV Justice Network
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