HIV Justice Network

In 2018, twenty leading HIV scientists published the ‘Expert Consensus Statement on the Science of HIV in the Context of Criminal Law’ to address the misuse of HIV science in punitive laws and prosecutions against people living with HIV. Building on initial scoping report published in 2020, we undertook further research examining the impact of the statement in cases and advocacy in the five years since its publication.

In Episode 5: Bringing Science to Justice, we discuss the impact of the ‘Expert Consensus Statement on the Science of HIV in the Context of Criminal Law‘. Featuring HJN’s Senior Policy Analyst Alison Symington, Malawian judge Zione Ntaba, Taiwan activist Fletcher Chiu, and SALC lawyer Tambudzai Gonese-Manjonjo on the statement’s impact. Ugandan lawyer Immaculate B Owomugisha joins us live from the IAS 2023 conference in Brisbane, Australia, to discuss the Statement’s legacy and relevance today. This show streamed live on 25 July 2023.

The Global HIV Criminalisation Database consolidates three databases in one: regularly updated information and analysis of HIV criminalisation laws; a regularly updated searchable global database of reported HIV criminalisation cases; and a directory of organisations around the world actively working against HIV criminalisation.

Our latest in the Advancing HIV Justice series, published in July 2022, provides a progress report of achievements and challenges in global advocacy against HIV criminalisation.