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TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
An incident reported in 2009 is the only known case of HIV criminalisation in Trinidad and Tobago. In the case a man who was living with HIV was sentenced to 30 days’ hard labour after allegedly threatening to throw vials of blood over a police officerwho confronted
ADVANCING HIV JUSTICE 3: // GROWING THE GLOBAL MOVEMENT Advancing HIV Justice 3: Growing the global movement against HIV criminalisation provides a progress report of achievements and challenges in global advocacy against HIV criminalisation from 1st October 2015 to 31st December 2018.. It was written on behalf of HIV JUSTICE WORLDWIDE by the HIV Justice Network’s Senior Policy Analyst, Sally Cameron, with the exception of the Global overview GLOBAL NETWORKS AND ORGANISATIONS CALL ON THE GLOBAL FUND This website operates as a global hub, consolidating a wide range of resources on HIV criminalisation for advocates working to abolish criminal and similar laws, policies and practices that regulate, control and punish people living with HIV based on their HIV-positivestatus.
SOUTH AFRICA
South African Law Commission Report on Criminalisation of HIV Transmission - 2001. Presents findings from an enquiry undertaken at the request of the Parliamentary Justice Portfolio Committee following public pressure for ‘appropriate action’ regarding deliberate or knowing transmission of HIV infection. The report concludes thatstatutory
COLORADO | HIV JUSTICE NETWORK Video: The Colorado Story (HJN, 2017) How a group of dedicated advocates in Colorado ‘modernised’ their HIV-related laws to improve the legal environment for people living with HIV. Featuring Barb Cardell and Kari Hartel of the Colorado Mod Squad and ColoradoState
PHILIPPINES
The Philippines does not have any HIV-specific laws that criminalise HIV non-disclosure, exposure or transmission. However, the recently enacted Philippine HIV and AIDS Policy Act 2018 includes a section on disclosure (section 47) which states that any person who knows they have HIV is “strongly encouraged” to disclose their HIV status to a spouse, sexual partner, or other person prior to ENGLAND | HIV JUSTICE NETWORK Since the first successful prosecution in England, of Mohammed Dica in 2003, there have been around 30 known HIV criminalisation cases relating to sexual acts, all except one for reckless HIV transmission. The one successful prosecution for intentional transmission, in 2018, was exceptional, and was only possible because it was proven that the NEW ZEALAND: MAN SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS AND NINE MONTHS This website operates as a global hub, consolidating a wide range of resources on HIV criminalisation for advocates working to abolish criminal and similar laws, policies and practices that regulate, control and punish people living with HIV based on their HIV-positivestatus.
UK: THE CRIMINAL LAW AROUND HIV TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED TO The criminal law in relation to HIV transmission has not kept up with the science, according to a team of researchers based at Oxford Brookes, Northumbria and Kingston universities. HIV JUSTICE NETWORKABOUTNEWSGLOBAL HIV CRIMINALISATION DATABASEPUBLICATIONSVIDEOSCONTACT US The Oslo Declaration, which celebrates its 9th anniversary this month was the founding document of the HIV Justice Network. Available in English, French, German, Italian, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish, within weeks of publication over 1700 supporters from more than 115 countries had signed up to the Declaration, creating a global network of diverse activists, all fighting for #TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
An incident reported in 2009 is the only known case of HIV criminalisation in Trinidad and Tobago. In the case a man who was living with HIV was sentenced to 30 days’ hard labour after allegedly threatening to throw vials of blood over a police officerwho confronted
ADVANCING HIV JUSTICE 3: // GROWING THE GLOBAL MOVEMENT Advancing HIV Justice 3: Growing the global movement against HIV criminalisation provides a progress report of achievements and challenges in global advocacy against HIV criminalisation from 1st October 2015 to 31st December 2018.. It was written on behalf of HIV JUSTICE WORLDWIDE by the HIV Justice Network’s Senior Policy Analyst, Sally Cameron, with the exception of the Global overview GLOBAL NETWORKS AND ORGANISATIONS CALL ON THE GLOBAL FUND This website operates as a global hub, consolidating a wide range of resources on HIV criminalisation for advocates working to abolish criminal and similar laws, policies and practices that regulate, control and punish people living with HIV based on their HIV-positivestatus.
SOUTH AFRICA
South African Law Commission Report on Criminalisation of HIV Transmission - 2001. Presents findings from an enquiry undertaken at the request of the Parliamentary Justice Portfolio Committee following public pressure for ‘appropriate action’ regarding deliberate or knowing transmission of HIV infection. The report concludes thatstatutory
COLORADO | HIV JUSTICE NETWORK Video: The Colorado Story (HJN, 2017) How a group of dedicated advocates in Colorado ‘modernised’ their HIV-related laws to improve the legal environment for people living with HIV. Featuring Barb Cardell and Kari Hartel of the Colorado Mod Squad and ColoradoState
PHILIPPINES
The Philippines does not have any HIV-specific laws that criminalise HIV non-disclosure, exposure or transmission. However, the recently enacted Philippine HIV and AIDS Policy Act 2018 includes a section on disclosure (section 47) which states that any person who knows they have HIV is “strongly encouraged” to disclose their HIV status to a spouse, sexual partner, or other person prior to ENGLAND | HIV JUSTICE NETWORK Since the first successful prosecution in England, of Mohammed Dica in 2003, there have been around 30 known HIV criminalisation cases relating to sexual acts, all except one for reckless HIV transmission. The one successful prosecution for intentional transmission, in 2018, was exceptional, and was only possible because it was proven that the NEW ZEALAND: MAN SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS AND NINE MONTHS This website operates as a global hub, consolidating a wide range of resources on HIV criminalisation for advocates working to abolish criminal and similar laws, policies and practices that regulate, control and punish people living with HIV based on their HIV-positivestatus.
UK: THE CRIMINAL LAW AROUND HIV TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED TO The criminal law in relation to HIV transmission has not kept up with the science, according to a team of researchers based at Oxford Brookes, Northumbria and Kingston universities. NEWS BY THE HIV JUSTICE NETWORK 10 December 2019. Today, December 10, 2019, Human Rights Day, National and Regional Networks and Civil Society Organizations on HIV Criminalization in the EECA Region are asking you to support the movement against HIV criminalization by endorsing theORGANISATIONS
This website operates as a global hub, consolidating a wide range of resources on HIV criminalisation for advocates working to abolish criminal and similar laws, policies and practices that regulate, control and punish people living with HIV based on their HIV-positivestatus.
ADVANCING HIV JUSTICE 3: // GROWING THE GLOBAL MOVEMENT Advancing HIV Justice 3: Growing the global movement against HIV criminalisation provides a progress report of achievements and challenges in global advocacy against HIV criminalisation from 1st October 2015 to 31st December 2018.. It was written on behalf of HIV JUSTICE WORLDWIDE by the HIV Justice Network’s Senior Policy Analyst, Sally Cameron, with the exception of the Global overview DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Overview. In 2008, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) adopted an omnibus HIV law that aimed to protect people living with HIV. However, the law also included provisions for criminalisation of “deliberate” HIV transmission (Article 45), and HIV non-disclosure (Article 41). Members of civil society in the DRC mobilised in 2010 toreform
CHILE | HIV JUSTICE NETWORK Overview. There are currently no HIV-specific criminal laws in Chile, however a proposal has been made in Parliament to introduce a provision to this effect. There are certain general provisions in the Criminal Code which have the potential to criminalise people living with HIV, though their exact applicability is MALAYSIA | HIV JUSTICE NETWORK Malaysia’s Penal Code includes a law increasing the penalty for rape if the accused knows they are HIV-positive and HIV has or could be transmitted during the offence. In addition, Malaysia has two communicable disease laws covering negligent and malignant acts likely to spread infection of any disease dangerous to life. There have beenno
BERMUDA: MAN SENTENCED TO 14 YEARS FOR ALLEGED HIV This website operates as a global hub, consolidating a wide range of resources on HIV criminalisation for advocates working to abolish criminal and similar laws, policies and practices that regulate, control and punish people living with HIV based on their HIV-positivestatus.
ENGLAND | HIV JUSTICE NETWORK Since the first successful prosecution in England, of Mohammed Dica in 2003, there have been around 30 known HIV criminalisation cases relating to sexual acts, all except one for reckless HIV transmission. The one successful prosecution for intentional transmission, in 2018, was exceptional, and was only possible because it was proven that the NETHERLANDS: THREE MEN ON TRIAL FOR DELIBERATELY INJECTING Three men are on trial in the Dutch city of Groningen accused of deliberately injecting 12 men with HIV during private sex parties. The case has been covered with remarkable restraint by the Dutch media, and I include three reports below – the first of which includes extremely interesting insights into the workings of the Dutch criminaljustice system.
BUILDING MOMENTUM IN GLOBAL ADVOCACY AGAINST HIV advancing Hiv Justice 2 2 This report was written by Edwin J Bernard and Sally Cameron on behalf of the HIV Justice Network and the Global Network of People Living with HIV (GNP+). HIV JUSTICE NETWORKABOUTNEWSGLOBAL HIV CRIMINALISATION DATABASEPUBLICATIONSVIDEOSCONTACT US The Oslo Declaration, which celebrates its 9th anniversary this month was the founding document of the HIV Justice Network. Available in English, French, German, Italian, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish, within weeks of publication over 1700 supporters from more than 115 countries had signed up to the Declaration, creating a global network of diverse activists, all fighting for #TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
An incident reported in 2009 is the only known case of HIV criminalisation in Trinidad and Tobago. In the case a man who was living with HIV was sentenced to 30 days’ hard labour after allegedly threatening to throw vials of blood over a police officerwho confronted
ADVANCING HIV JUSTICE 3: // GROWING THE GLOBAL MOVEMENT Advancing HIV Justice 3: Growing the global movement against HIV criminalisation provides a progress report of achievements and challenges in global advocacy against HIV criminalisation from 1st October 2015 to 31st December 2018.. It was written on behalf of HIV JUSTICE WORLDWIDE by the HIV Justice Network’s Senior Policy Analyst, Sally Cameron, with the exception of the Global overview BELIZE | HIV JUSTICE NETWORK Sections 46A , Deliberate or reckless spreading of HIV/AIDS. 1) In this Code, “HIV/AIDS” means the Human Immunodeficiency. Virus/ Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. (2) Every person who deliberately or recklessly transmits or spreads. HIV/AIDS shall, (a) on summary conviction, be liable to imprisonment for. a term not exceeding fiveyears
GLOBAL NETWORKS AND ORGANISATIONS CALL ON THE GLOBAL FUND This website operates as a global hub, consolidating a wide range of resources on HIV criminalisation for advocates working to abolish criminal and similar laws, policies and practices that regulate, control and punish people living with HIV based on their HIV-positivestatus.
COLORADO | HIV JUSTICE NETWORK Video: The Colorado Story (HJN, 2017) How a group of dedicated advocates in Colorado ‘modernised’ their HIV-related laws to improve the legal environment for people living with HIV. Featuring Barb Cardell and Kari Hartel of the Colorado Mod Squad and ColoradoState
SOUTH AFRICA
South African Law Commission Report on Criminalisation of HIV Transmission - 2001. Presents findings from an enquiry undertaken at the request of the Parliamentary Justice Portfolio Committee following public pressure for ‘appropriate action’ regarding deliberate or knowing transmission of HIV infection. The report concludes thatstatutory
MALDIVES | HIV JUSTICE NETWORK Offences affecting public health, safety convenience and customary living practices. Section 101 – Spread of disease through malignant act. It is an offence for a person to malignantly act which he knows or has reasons to believe, causes infection of any disease dangerous to the public health of the society where such an act may be likely tocause such loss.
INDIANA | HIV JUSTICE NETWORK This website operates as a global hub, consolidating a wide range of resources on HIV criminalisation for advocates working to abolish criminal and similar laws, policies and practices that regulate, control and punish people living with HIV based on their HIV-positivestatus.
US: TENNESSEE WOMAN CHARGED WITH “AGGRAVATED PROSTITUTION An unusually sympathetic report of the case of a 28 year-old female sex worker from Knoxville, Tennessee, who faces between three and 15 years in prison for being an HIV-positive sex worker, was published today in the local paper, the Knoxville News Sentinel.. The report is probably the most balanced reporting I have ever seen of a case of this type, and the reporter, JJ Stambaugh, is to HIV JUSTICE NETWORKABOUTNEWSGLOBAL HIV CRIMINALISATION DATABASEPUBLICATIONSVIDEOSCONTACT US The Oslo Declaration, which celebrates its 9th anniversary this month was the founding document of the HIV Justice Network. Available in English, French, German, Italian, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish, within weeks of publication over 1700 supporters from more than 115 countries had signed up to the Declaration, creating a global network of diverse activists, all fighting for #TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
An incident reported in 2009 is the only known case of HIV criminalisation in Trinidad and Tobago. In the case a man who was living with HIV was sentenced to 30 days’ hard labour after allegedly threatening to throw vials of blood over a police officerwho confronted
ADVANCING HIV JUSTICE 3: // GROWING THE GLOBAL MOVEMENT Advancing HIV Justice 3: Growing the global movement against HIV criminalisation provides a progress report of achievements and challenges in global advocacy against HIV criminalisation from 1st October 2015 to 31st December 2018.. It was written on behalf of HIV JUSTICE WORLDWIDE by the HIV Justice Network’s Senior Policy Analyst, Sally Cameron, with the exception of the Global overview BELIZE | HIV JUSTICE NETWORK Sections 46A , Deliberate or reckless spreading of HIV/AIDS. 1) In this Code, “HIV/AIDS” means the Human Immunodeficiency. Virus/ Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. (2) Every person who deliberately or recklessly transmits or spreads. HIV/AIDS shall, (a) on summary conviction, be liable to imprisonment for. a term not exceeding fiveyears
GLOBAL NETWORKS AND ORGANISATIONS CALL ON THE GLOBAL FUND This website operates as a global hub, consolidating a wide range of resources on HIV criminalisation for advocates working to abolish criminal and similar laws, policies and practices that regulate, control and punish people living with HIV based on their HIV-positivestatus.
COLORADO | HIV JUSTICE NETWORK Video: The Colorado Story (HJN, 2017) How a group of dedicated advocates in Colorado ‘modernised’ their HIV-related laws to improve the legal environment for people living with HIV. Featuring Barb Cardell and Kari Hartel of the Colorado Mod Squad and ColoradoState
SOUTH AFRICA
South African Law Commission Report on Criminalisation of HIV Transmission - 2001. Presents findings from an enquiry undertaken at the request of the Parliamentary Justice Portfolio Committee following public pressure for ‘appropriate action’ regarding deliberate or knowing transmission of HIV infection. The report concludes thatstatutory
MALDIVES | HIV JUSTICE NETWORK Offences affecting public health, safety convenience and customary living practices. Section 101 – Spread of disease through malignant act. It is an offence for a person to malignantly act which he knows or has reasons to believe, causes infection of any disease dangerous to the public health of the society where such an act may be likely tocause such loss.
INDIANA | HIV JUSTICE NETWORK This website operates as a global hub, consolidating a wide range of resources on HIV criminalisation for advocates working to abolish criminal and similar laws, policies and practices that regulate, control and punish people living with HIV based on their HIV-positivestatus.
US: TENNESSEE WOMAN CHARGED WITH “AGGRAVATED PROSTITUTION An unusually sympathetic report of the case of a 28 year-old female sex worker from Knoxville, Tennessee, who faces between three and 15 years in prison for being an HIV-positive sex worker, was published today in the local paper, the Knoxville News Sentinel.. The report is probably the most balanced reporting I have ever seen of a case of this type, and the reporter, JJ Stambaugh, is to HIV CRIMINALISATION CASES The latest cases curated for the HIV Justice Network from global newsreports.
ORGANISATIONS
This website operates as a global hub, consolidating a wide range of resources on HIV criminalisation for advocates working to abolish criminal and similar laws, policies and practices that regulate, control and punish people living with HIV based on their HIV-positivestatus.
HIV CRIMINALISATION PRESENTATIONS AND POSTERS AT AIDS2020 HJN Staff. There were a number of presentations, mostly e-posters, at AIDS2020:Virtual that focused on HIV criminalisation. We have compiled them all below given that access was (and remains) limited. The only oral presentations specifically covering HIV criminalisation were delivered by HIV Justice Network’s Executive Director, Edwin JPHILIPPINES
The Philippines does not have any HIV-specific laws that criminalise HIV non-disclosure, exposure or transmission. However, the recently enacted Philippine HIV and AIDS Policy Act 2018 includes a section on disclosure (section 47) which states that any person who knows they have HIV is “strongly encouraged” to disclose their HIV status to a spouse, sexual partner, or other person prior to SWEDEN | HIV JUSTICE NETWORK Despite not having an HIV-specific law, Sweden has prosecuted more than 60 people living with HIV since 1987 using a range of laws contained in the Swedish Criminal Code, including causing danger to another, causing disease to another (aggravated), attempted aggravated assault, and aggravated assault.. Sweden’s Communicable Disease Act also mandates disclosure of HIV-positive status before MALDIVES | HIV JUSTICE NETWORK Offences affecting public health, safety convenience and customary living practices. Section 101 – Spread of disease through malignant act. It is an offence for a person to malignantly act which he knows or has reasons to believe, causes infection of any disease dangerous to the public health of the society where such an act may be likely tocause such loss.
SWITZERLAND
Overview. Despite not having an HIV-specific criminal law, Switzerland has one of the highest rates of HIV criminalisation in Europe, with more than 70 cases of prosecutions for HIV non-disclosure, exposure or transmission since the first prosecution took place in 1988. The majority of defendants have been men and the great majority of BERMUDA: MAN SENTENCED TO 14 YEARS FOR ALLEGED HIV This website operates as a global hub, consolidating a wide range of resources on HIV criminalisation for advocates working to abolish criminal and similar laws, policies and practices that regulate, control and punish people living with HIV based on their HIV-positivestatus.
US: REVIEW OF PROSECUTIONS UNDER MICHIGAN’S FORMER HIV LAW Ingham County Prosecutor Carol Siemon ordered her team on Friday to review all prosecutions brought by the county under Michigan’s former felony law AIDS — Sexual Penetration with Uninformed Partner. UGANDA: CIVIL SOCIETIES CHALLENGE HIV CRIMINALISATION KAMPALA – “Whereas the law might have potential to positively contribute to the current HIV/AIDS response efforts in Uganda, there are some contentious clauses that could deter all the benefits realized in the fight against the scourge.” HIV JUSTICE NETWORKABOUTNEWSGLOBAL HIV CRIMINALISATION DATABASEPUBLICATIONSVIDEOSCONTACT US The Oslo Declaration, which celebrates its 9th anniversary this month was the founding document of the HIV Justice Network. Available in English, French, German, Italian, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish, within weeks of publication over 1700 supporters from more than 115 countries had signed up to the Declaration, creating a global network of diverse activists, all fighting for #TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
An incident reported in 2009 is the only known case of HIV criminalisation in Trinidad and Tobago. In the case a man who was living with HIV was sentenced to 30 days’ hard labour after allegedly threatening to throw vials of blood over a police officerwho confronted
ADVANCING HIV JUSTICE 3: // GROWING THE GLOBAL MOVEMENT Advancing HIV Justice 3: Growing the global movement against HIV criminalisation provides a progress report of achievements and challenges in global advocacy against HIV criminalisation from 1st October 2015 to 31st December 2018.. It was written on behalf of HIV JUSTICE WORLDWIDE by the HIV Justice Network’s Senior Policy Analyst, Sally Cameron, with the exception of the Global overview BELIZE | HIV JUSTICE NETWORK Sections 46A , Deliberate or reckless spreading of HIV/AIDS. 1) In this Code, “HIV/AIDS” means the Human Immunodeficiency. Virus/ Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. (2) Every person who deliberately or recklessly transmits or spreads. HIV/AIDS shall, (a) on summary conviction, be liable to imprisonment for. a term not exceeding fiveyears
GLOBAL NETWORKS AND ORGANISATIONS CALL ON THE GLOBAL FUND This website operates as a global hub, consolidating a wide range of resources on HIV criminalisation for advocates working to abolish criminal and similar laws, policies and practices that regulate, control and punish people living with HIV based on their HIV-positivestatus.
COLORADO | HIV JUSTICE NETWORK Video: The Colorado Story (HJN, 2017) How a group of dedicated advocates in Colorado ‘modernised’ their HIV-related laws to improve the legal environment for people living with HIV. Featuring Barb Cardell and Kari Hartel of the Colorado Mod Squad and ColoradoState
SOUTH AFRICA
South African Law Commission Report on Criminalisation of HIV Transmission - 2001. Presents findings from an enquiry undertaken at the request of the Parliamentary Justice Portfolio Committee following public pressure for ‘appropriate action’ regarding deliberate or knowing transmission of HIV infection. The report concludes thatstatutory
MALDIVES | HIV JUSTICE NETWORK Offences affecting public health, safety convenience and customary living practices. Section 101 – Spread of disease through malignant act. It is an offence for a person to malignantly act which he knows or has reasons to believe, causes infection of any disease dangerous to the public health of the society where such an act may be likely tocause such loss.
INDIANA | HIV JUSTICE NETWORK This website operates as a global hub, consolidating a wide range of resources on HIV criminalisation for advocates working to abolish criminal and similar laws, policies and practices that regulate, control and punish people living with HIV based on their HIV-positivestatus.
US: TENNESSEE WOMAN CHARGED WITH “AGGRAVATED PROSTITUTION An unusually sympathetic report of the case of a 28 year-old female sex worker from Knoxville, Tennessee, who faces between three and 15 years in prison for being an HIV-positive sex worker, was published today in the local paper, the Knoxville News Sentinel.. The report is probably the most balanced reporting I have ever seen of a case of this type, and the reporter, JJ Stambaugh, is to HIV JUSTICE NETWORKABOUTNEWSGLOBAL HIV CRIMINALISATION DATABASEPUBLICATIONSVIDEOSCONTACT US The Oslo Declaration, which celebrates its 9th anniversary this month was the founding document of the HIV Justice Network. Available in English, French, German, Italian, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish, within weeks of publication over 1700 supporters from more than 115 countries had signed up to the Declaration, creating a global network of diverse activists, all fighting for #TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
An incident reported in 2009 is the only known case of HIV criminalisation in Trinidad and Tobago. In the case a man who was living with HIV was sentenced to 30 days’ hard labour after allegedly threatening to throw vials of blood over a police officerwho confronted
ADVANCING HIV JUSTICE 3: // GROWING THE GLOBAL MOVEMENT Advancing HIV Justice 3: Growing the global movement against HIV criminalisation provides a progress report of achievements and challenges in global advocacy against HIV criminalisation from 1st October 2015 to 31st December 2018.. It was written on behalf of HIV JUSTICE WORLDWIDE by the HIV Justice Network’s Senior Policy Analyst, Sally Cameron, with the exception of the Global overview BELIZE | HIV JUSTICE NETWORK Sections 46A , Deliberate or reckless spreading of HIV/AIDS. 1) In this Code, “HIV/AIDS” means the Human Immunodeficiency. Virus/ Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. (2) Every person who deliberately or recklessly transmits or spreads. HIV/AIDS shall, (a) on summary conviction, be liable to imprisonment for. a term not exceeding fiveyears
GLOBAL NETWORKS AND ORGANISATIONS CALL ON THE GLOBAL FUND This website operates as a global hub, consolidating a wide range of resources on HIV criminalisation for advocates working to abolish criminal and similar laws, policies and practices that regulate, control and punish people living with HIV based on their HIV-positivestatus.
COLORADO | HIV JUSTICE NETWORK Video: The Colorado Story (HJN, 2017) How a group of dedicated advocates in Colorado ‘modernised’ their HIV-related laws to improve the legal environment for people living with HIV. Featuring Barb Cardell and Kari Hartel of the Colorado Mod Squad and ColoradoState
SOUTH AFRICA
South African Law Commission Report on Criminalisation of HIV Transmission - 2001. Presents findings from an enquiry undertaken at the request of the Parliamentary Justice Portfolio Committee following public pressure for ‘appropriate action’ regarding deliberate or knowing transmission of HIV infection. The report concludes thatstatutory
MALDIVES | HIV JUSTICE NETWORK Offences affecting public health, safety convenience and customary living practices. Section 101 – Spread of disease through malignant act. It is an offence for a person to malignantly act which he knows or has reasons to believe, causes infection of any disease dangerous to the public health of the society where such an act may be likely tocause such loss.
INDIANA | HIV JUSTICE NETWORK This website operates as a global hub, consolidating a wide range of resources on HIV criminalisation for advocates working to abolish criminal and similar laws, policies and practices that regulate, control and punish people living with HIV based on their HIV-positivestatus.
US: TENNESSEE WOMAN CHARGED WITH “AGGRAVATED PROSTITUTION An unusually sympathetic report of the case of a 28 year-old female sex worker from Knoxville, Tennessee, who faces between three and 15 years in prison for being an HIV-positive sex worker, was published today in the local paper, the Knoxville News Sentinel.. The report is probably the most balanced reporting I have ever seen of a case of this type, and the reporter, JJ Stambaugh, is to HIV CRIMINALISATION CASES The latest cases curated for the HIV Justice Network from global newsreports.
ORGANISATIONS
This website operates as a global hub, consolidating a wide range of resources on HIV criminalisation for advocates working to abolish criminal and similar laws, policies and practices that regulate, control and punish people living with HIV based on their HIV-positivestatus.
HIV CRIMINALISATION PRESENTATIONS AND POSTERS AT AIDS2020 HJN Staff. There were a number of presentations, mostly e-posters, at AIDS2020:Virtual that focused on HIV criminalisation. We have compiled them all below given that access was (and remains) limited. The only oral presentations specifically covering HIV criminalisation were delivered by HIV Justice Network’s Executive Director, Edwin JPHILIPPINES
The Philippines does not have any HIV-specific laws that criminalise HIV non-disclosure, exposure or transmission. However, the recently enacted Philippine HIV and AIDS Policy Act 2018 includes a section on disclosure (section 47) which states that any person who knows they have HIV is “strongly encouraged” to disclose their HIV status to a spouse, sexual partner, or other person prior to SWEDEN | HIV JUSTICE NETWORK Despite not having an HIV-specific law, Sweden has prosecuted more than 60 people living with HIV since 1987 using a range of laws contained in the Swedish Criminal Code, including causing danger to another, causing disease to another (aggravated), attempted aggravated assault, and aggravated assault.. Sweden’s Communicable Disease Act also mandates disclosure of HIV-positive status before MALDIVES | HIV JUSTICE NETWORK Offences affecting public health, safety convenience and customary living practices. Section 101 – Spread of disease through malignant act. It is an offence for a person to malignantly act which he knows or has reasons to believe, causes infection of any disease dangerous to the public health of the society where such an act may be likely tocause such loss.
SWITZERLAND
Overview. Despite not having an HIV-specific criminal law, Switzerland has one of the highest rates of HIV criminalisation in Europe, with more than 70 cases of prosecutions for HIV non-disclosure, exposure or transmission since the first prosecution took place in 1988. The majority of defendants have been men and the great majority of BERMUDA: MAN SENTENCED TO 14 YEARS FOR ALLEGED HIV This website operates as a global hub, consolidating a wide range of resources on HIV criminalisation for advocates working to abolish criminal and similar laws, policies and practices that regulate, control and punish people living with HIV based on their HIV-positivestatus.
US: REVIEW OF PROSECUTIONS UNDER MICHIGAN’S FORMER HIV LAW Ingham County Prosecutor Carol Siemon ordered her team on Friday to review all prosecutions brought by the county under Michigan’s former felony law AIDS — Sexual Penetration with Uninformed Partner. UGANDA: CIVIL SOCIETIES CHALLENGE HIV CRIMINALISATION KAMPALA – “Whereas the law might have potential to positively contribute to the current HIV/AIDS response efforts in Uganda, there are some contentious clauses that could deter all the benefits realized in the fight against the scourge.”Skip to content
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THE OSLO DECLARATION ON HIV CRIMINALISATION The Oslo Declaration, which celebrates its 9th anniversary this month was the founding document of the HIV Justice Network. Available in English, French, German, Italian, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish, within weeks of publication over 1700 supporters from more than 115 countries had signed up to the Declaration, creating a global network of diverse activists, all fighting for #HIVJustice.Featured resource
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The HIV Justice Toolkit aims to support advocates to oppose HIV criminalisation at all levels – from educating communities and lawmakers to defending individual cases. It includes all kinds of resources from all over the world, with content that can inform both strategy and arguments to change the thinking of advocacy targets, including lawmakers, prosecutors and judges, police, and the media. The toolkit is available in English, French, Russian and Spanish. NEWS BY THE HIV JUSTICE NETWORK A CRUCIAL NEW ADVOCACY TOOL TO CHALLENGE HIV CRIMINALISATIONNews
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25 May 2021
UKRAINE: NEW BILL PROPOSES EXPANDING HIV-SPECIFIC CRIMINAL LAW WITH HARSHER SENTENCES FOR TRANSMITTING ALL SERIOUS COMMUNICABLE DISEASESFrom-UA
17 May 2021
US: NEW JERSEY ASSEMBLYWOMAN INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO MODERNISE THE STATE’S HIV-SPECIFIC CRIMINAL LAWInsider NJ
7 May 2021
NEW ZEALAND: MAN SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS AND NINE MONTHS IN PRISON FOR REMOVING CONDOM WITHOUT CONSENT DURING SEXThe Conversation
29 April 2021
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HIV JUSTICE WORLDWIDE STEERING COMMITTEE STATEMENT ON COVID-19CRIMINALISATION
_Communicable diseases are public health issues, not criminal issues: what we have learnt from the HIV response._ Measures that are respectful of human rights and the empowering of communities are more effective than punishment and imprisonment. The statement is available in English, French, Russian and Spanish.Featured resource
EXPERT CONSENSUS STATEMENT ON THE SCIENCE OF HIV IN THE CONTEXT OFCRIMINAL LAW
This key statement was co-authored by 20 of the world’s leading HIV scientists to describe current evidence on HIV transmission, treatment effectiveness and forensics so that HIV-related science may be better understood in criminal law contexts. Learn more about the statement and read answers to Frequently Asked Questions here. HIV CRIMINALISATION CASES RUSSIA: 24-YEAR-OLD MAN SENTENCED TO 3 YEARS IN PERM REGION FOR ALLEGED HIV TRANSMISSION5 June 2021
MEXICO: 32-YEAR-OLD MAN ARRESTED IN MEXICO CITY FOR ALLEGED HIV TRANSMISSION AND NON-DISCLOSURE4 June 2021
RUSSIA: POLICE ARREST MAN WHO ESCAPED TO THAILAND IN 2018 FOLLOWING HIS SENTENCE FOR ALLEGED HIV TRANSMISSION2 June 2021
US: WOMAN CHARGED WITH FELONY IN WISCONSIN FOR ALLEGEDLY ATTEMPTING TO FLICK BLOOD AND SPITTING AT POLICE OFFICER20 May 2021
RUSSIA: CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS STARTED AGAINST 36-YEAR-OLD WOMAN FOR ALLEGED HIV TRANSMISSION17 May 2021
CANADA: 64-YEAR-OLD MAN CHARGED WITH LIFE-THREATENING SEXUAL ASSAULT FOR ALLEGED HIV TRANSMISSION17 May 2021
RUSSIA: 28-YEAR-OLD WOMAN UNDER INVESTIGATION IN MINSK FOR ALLEGEDLY INFECTING ANOTHER PERSON WITH HIV29 April 2021
RUSSIA: 21-YEAR-OLD WOMAN FACES UP TO 5 YEARS IN JAIL FOR ALLEGED HIV INFECTION THROUGH SHARED NEEDLE23 April 2021
CANADA: 24-YEAR-OLD MAN SENTENCED TO 6 MONTHS COMMUNITY SERVICE FOR SPITTING ON HEALTHCARE WORKER20 April 2021
ZIMBABWE: 32-YEAR-OLD WOMAN ACCUSED OF ALLEGED HIV EXPOSURE RELEASED ON BAIL PENDING TRIAL14 April 2021
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7 June 2021
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7 June 2021
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7 June 2021
IN MEMORIAM: MARCO CASTRO-BOJORQUEZ HTTPS://T.CO/EZJTTVVRD27 June 2021
#HIVJUSTICE #NEVADA'S GOVERNOR HAS (JUNE 6) SIGNED INTO LAW LANDMARK LEGISLATION TO REFORM OUTDATED NEVADA LAWS T… HTTPS://T.CO/JNYL6OA2DW7 June 2021
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7 June 2021
LAWS CRIMINALISING #HIV ARE OBSTRUCTING EFFORTS TO END THE #AIDS EPIDEMIC HTTPS://T.CO/YCUBO3POXP HTTPS://T.CO/Y2OL7CVKPN7 June 2021
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RT @UNAIDS: IF WE DO NOT ADDRESS HUMAN RIGHTS BARRIERS WE WILL NOT END AIDS BY 2030. JOIN US AT #HLM2021AIDS FOR AN IMPORTANT DISCUSSION O…6 June 2021
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RT @UNAIDS: TO END AIDS, WE MUST END INEQUALITIES & THE UNDERLYING SOCIAL & STRUCTURAL BARRIERS FUELLING THEM. TUNE IN ON 9 JUNE TO SEEHO…
6 June 2021
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