HIV Justice Network

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.

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.

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.

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. Read the executive summary or the full report in English, French, Russian or Spanish.