HIV Justice Network

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.

The HIV Justice Toolkit is a library 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.