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Proudly announcing Laurel Sprague’s appointment as Executive Director of the Global Network of People Living with HIV (GNP+)
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Learn more about the HIV JUSTICE WORLDWIDE movement
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[Blog] A love letter from us to women living with HIV who are actively fighting for justice and against discriminatory legal systems around the world
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[Blog] Your Sentence is Not My Freedom: Feminism, HIV Criminalisation and Systems of Stigma, by Laurel Sprague
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[Blog] Why HIV criminalisation matters to discussions on gender, human rights, and sexual and reproductive health and rights of women living with HIV, by Evgenia Maron
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[Video and report] Beyond Blame @ AIDS 2016: Challenging HIV Criminalisation
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[Report] Advancing HIV Justice 2: Building momentum in global advocacy against HIV criminalisation
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[Guidance] UNAIDS: Ending overly broad HIV criminalisation
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Oslo Declaration on HIV Criminalisation. Have you read and signed it yet?
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[Peer-reviewed article] Ending overly broad HIV criminalization: Canadian scientists and clinicians stand for justice
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[Video] More HARM Than GOOD: How overly broad HIV criminalisation is hurting public health
HIV Justice News
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US: Advocates launch Consensus Statement on HIV “Treatment as Prevention” in Criminal Law Reform
Yesterday saw the launch of a Consensus Statement on HIV “Treatment as Prevention” in Criminal Law Reform, to provide guidance for efforts to reform or “modernize” HIV-specific laws across the United States. The concern, as highlighted by Charles King, President … More
July 14, 2017 -
Apply now for the first European HIV Academy for Enabling Legal Environments, September 13-14, Berlin
A call for applications for the European HIV Academy for Enabling Legal Environments is now open. This two-day training academy for people living with and affected by HIV, is dedicated to skills building for addressing punitive or disabling legal environments. … More
July 12, 2017 -
Africa: Moving towards revolutionising approaches to HIV criminalisation
“We have all agreed with the Sustainable Development Goal of ending HIV and Tuberculosis by 2030. We cannot get there while we are arresting the same people we are supposed to ensure are accessing treatment and living positively,” said Dr … More
June 29, 2017 -
Register now for ARASA’s Online HIV Criminalisation Course in June-July 2017
Next month, ARASA will host an short online course on HIV criminalisation for civil society, policymakers, religious leaders, healthcare providers and law enforcement officials. The course is free, takes place in English, willl last six weeks (5 June 2017 – 14 July … More
May 18, 2017 -
US: 2018 HIV Is Not a Crime National Training Academy to be held in Indianapolis, Indiana (Press Release)
SERO Project and Positive Women’s Network-USA Announce 2018 HIV Is Not a Crime National Training Academy in Indianapolis May 15, 2017: Building on the amazing success of the HIV Is Not a Crime II National Training Academy last year, the … More
May 15, 2017 -
US: Florida State Senate Committee Supports Public Health Measure To Modernize HIV Laws (Press Release)
Press release from the Sero Project Tallahassee March 22, 2017 The Florida HIV Justice Coalition today applauded members of the Florida State Senate’s Criminal Justice Committee for voting unanimously yesterday in favor of Senate Bill 628. SB 628 will modernize … More
March 22, 2017 -
Nigeria: On Zero Discrimination Day, Coalition of Lawyers for Human Rights strongly denounce judicial HIV stigma in ongoing child custody case (Press release)
Breach of HIV status confidentiality and discrimination by the Hon Justice Olagunju of the Oyo State Judiciary Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. March 1, 2017. Coalition of Lawyers for Human Rights, COLaHR, is a Coalition of Human Rights Lawyers working on … More
March 1, 2017 -
Russia: Government to examine possibility of removing HIV-specific criminal law and broadening prosecutions to all serious communicable diseases under general ‘bodily harm’ laws
The Russian government is considering removing Article 122 (Infection with Human Immuno-deficiency Virus) from the Criminal Code, according to an article published earlier this month on the RBC website. Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets has instructed a number of ministries … More
February 28, 2017 -
US: HIV Court Nightmare Ends For Olympian Darren Chiacchia (Press Release)
Photo by Bob Carey HIV Court Nightmare Ends For Olympian Darren Chiacchia, Ocala, FL – 2/19/17 2004 Olympic medalist, 2003 Pan American Games gold medalist, and 2004 Rolex Kentucky CCI**** victor, Darren Chiacchia of Ocala, FL and Springville, NY, has … More
February 20, 2017 -
Canada: Toronto’s ‘Now’ weekly newspaper prominently features HIV criminalisation impact, advocacy and advocates
This week, Toronto’s weekly newspaper, ‘Now’, features four articles on HIV criminalisation and its impact in Canada. The lead article, ‘HIV is not a crime’ is written from the point of view of an HIV-negative person who discovers a sexual … More
January 13, 2017
News from other sources
Canada: Despite accepting there was ‘essentially zero’ risk, fear of HIV acquisition will be taken in account during sentencing of HIV-positive man for ‘brutal rape’
HIV–positive status to factor into Regina rapist’s sentencing, but not criminal charge
US: Mississippi man charged with “intentional exposure to AIDS” for allegedly biting and spitting at police officers
Man who bit, spit on Harbor Police accused of ’intentional exposure to AIDS’
[Update]US: Ohio woman living with HIV faces second felonious-assault charge for alleged HIV non-disclosure
HIV–positive woman indicted second time
[Update]Canada: 27 year old Toronto man faces 8 new charges of aggravated sexual assault for alleged HIV non-disclosure
New charge laid against Toronto man who police allege did not disclose HIV status
[Update]US: New charge for Indiana man already sentenced to three years in jail for alleged HIV non-disclosure
HIV positive man charged after spreading it to multiple women
Jamaica: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions recommends legislation making wilful transmission of STIs a crime
Prosecutors want Law making wilful transmission of sexual disease a
US: PWN-USA gives an overview of HIV criminalisation and its impacts
HIV Criminalization: A Concept That Has to Be Talked About
Canada: 34yrs old man living with HIV in Québec faces 2 more sexual assault charges for alleged HIV non-disclosure
Agressions sexuelles: deux autres plaignants contre le porteur du VIH
US: Ohio Court of Appeals upholds conviction and five-year prison sentence of man convicted for alleged HIV non-disclosure
Ohio Appeals Court Upholds Conviction of HIV–Positive Gay Man for Felonious Assault in Non–Disclosure Case
Global Commission on HIV and the Law and partners urge governments to promote progressive legislation based on science and human rights
Evidence– and rights– based laws and policies are key to ending AIDS
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Remarks delivered by Edwin J Bernard at ‘Leave No One Behind: Lessons from the Global Commission on HIV and the Law for Agenda 2030′
Today, at a side meeting convened the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) during the High-Level Political Forum, HIV Justice Network’s Global Co-ordinator, Edwin J Bernard, delivered the following remarks. Despite the incredible advances in the science of HIV treatment and … More
July 14, 2017 -
“GNP+’s gain is also HJN’s gain”: proudly announcing Laurel Sprague’s appointment as Executive Director of the Global Network of People Living with HIV (GNP+)
Today, we are proud to announce that Laurel Sprague, PhD, our Global Research Fellow on HIV, Gender, and Justice has been appointed as the new Executive Director of the Global Network of People Living with HIV (GNP+). Laurel will join … More
April 3, 2017 -
Love Positive Women
Let’s hear it for Positive Women! This is a love letter from the HIV Justice Network to the more than 18,000,000 women living with HIV in the world today. The HIV Justice Network exists to end the inappropriate use of … More
February 14, 2017 -
HIV Criminalisation: Legal Violence and the Lives of People Living with HIV, by Alexander McClelland
Criminal Charges for HIV Non-disclosure, Exposure and Transmission: Legal Violence and the Lives of People Living with HIV The following is an edited version of remarks presented by Alexander McClelland as part of ‘The Movement to End HIV Criminalization’ … More
December 14, 2016 -
Why advocacy against HIV criminalisation must be part of discussions on gender, human rights, and sexual and reproductive health and rights of women living with HIV, by Evgenia Maron
Earlier this week, I attended a meeting in Almaty, Kazakhstan, convened by UNAIDS and UN Women entitled ‘Leave No One Behind: Bringing needs and priorities of women living with HIV into policies and actions’. Here, NGOs, community members, governments and human … More
December 7, 2016 -
Every theory has a human price: Ethical research is collaborative research, by Laurel Sprague
Remarks written for the Haverford College Research Ethics Symposium, 21 October 2016, by Laurel Sprague, Research Fellow in HIV, Gender, and Justice, HIV Justice Network. Every theory has a human price: Ethical research is collaborative research [Introduction] Every theory has … More
November 23, 2016 -
Your Sentence is Not My Freedom: Feminism, HIV Criminalisation and Systems of Stigma, by Laurel Sprague
Remarks written for the “Movement to End HIV Criminalisation” panel at Concordia University, Montreal, 15 September 2016, by Laurel Sprague, Research Fellow in HIV, Gender, and Justice, HIV Justice Network. Before beginning my remarks, allow me to note that … More
October 31, 2016 -
HIV criminalisation: another form of violence against women in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, by Evgenia Maron
Русский текст читайте, пожалуйста, ниже Today, Sunday, October 23, 2016, Positive Women’s Network – USA observes the third National Day of Action to End Violence Against Women Living with HIV. This is an event to create awareness about the levels … More
October 23, 2016 -
HIV Stigma: Terrorising women in Russia’s traditional societies, by Evgenia Maron
Русский текст читайте, пожалуйста, ниже On May 30 this year, a publication appeared in the Russian media with a sensational headline: in Dagestan, police stated that unknown men killed a woman after suspecting her of transmitting HIV to others. Without … More
October 10, 2016 -
Poster Action at AIDS 2016, by Laurel Sprague Ph.D. Global Research Fellow on HIV, Gender, and Justice, HIV Justice Network
(R-L) Paul Kidd, Trevor Hoppe, Edwin Bernard and Nicholas Feustel in front of some of the many posters on HIV criminalisation presented at AIDS 2016 Participants at AIDS 2016 saw a remarkable number of posters on HIV criminalisation … More
September 8, 2016