Cases

HIV criminalisation cases

The latest cases curated for the HIV Justice Network from global news reports.

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[Update]Australia: Court finds Sydney man not guilty of HIV exposure and non-disclosure

Latest update 21 February 2022
New South Wales Australia Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Australia: 30-year-old man sentenced to 5 years for not disclosing his HIV status to sexual partners

Latest update 7 September 2020
Western Australia Australia Alleged sexual exposure Gay men

Australia: Sydney man who allegedly bit a police officer during a psychotic episode has been granted bail

Latest update 22 May 2020
New South Wales Australia Biting

Australia: Man living with HIV charged for allegedly biting and spitting at hospital staff

Latest update 23 April 2020
New South Wales Australia Biting Spitting

[Update] Australia: Appeals Tribunal overturns deportation order for transgender sex worker sentenced to 4 years for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 4 February 2020
Western Australia Australia Alleged sexual exposure Alleged sexual transmission Migrants Sex workers Trans* people

Australia: Queensland Supreme Court reduces sentence of HIV-Positive man convicted for dripping blood on police officer

Latest update 29 August 2019
Queensland Australia Spitting

Australia: Sydney man sentenced to five years in jail for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 26 July 2019
New South Wales Australia Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Australia: Surgeon charged with rape in Victoria for removing a condom while having sex

Latest update 7 June 2019
Victoria Australia Alleged sexual exposure Gay men

[Update] Australia: Gay man jailed for a maximum term of four years and six months for alleged HIV transmission and non-disclosure

Latest update 26 September 2018
New South Wales Australia Alleged sexual exposure Alleged sexual transmission Gay men

Australia: Queensland police upgrades charges against man accused of spitting at security guard because of suggested HIV

Latest update 7 August 2018
Western Australia Australia Spitting

Australia: Man charged for alleged HIV transmission in New South Wales

Latest update 23 March 2018
New South Wales Australia Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Australia: 28-year-old man faces criminal charges for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 8 March 2018

   

Western Australia Alleged sexual transmission Gay men

Australia: Summary of proceedings in alleged HIV transmission case from initial trial to High Court decision to appeal dismissal

Latest update 11 May 2017
New South Wales Australia Alleged sexual transmission Gay men

Australia: Man sentenced to 5 years in jail for alleged HIV transmission in New South Wales loses his High Court appeal

Latest update 10 May 2017
New South Wales Australia Alleged sexual transmission Gay men

Australia: Queensland man in court, charged with causing grievous bodily harm, for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 27 February 2017
Queensland Australia Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

[Update] Australia: Migrant living with HIV deported to Zimbabwe in case that went all the way to the High Court

Latest update 12 December 2016
Queensland Australia Alleged sexual exposure Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men Migrants

Australia: Western Australian police can now force people who spit at or bite cops to undergo HIV and hepatitis B/C testing to "ease concern"

Latest update 28 October 2014
Western Australia Australia Risk Punitive laws and policies Scientific tests Police Biting Spitting

Australia: Man with HIV / Hepatitis C charged with serious assault for biting Brisbane cop

Latest update 19 January 2014
Queensland Australia Biting

Australia: Sydney court sentences Zimbabwean migrant, 44, to a minimum of three years in prison for HIV transmission without disclosure

Latest update 15 November 2013
New South Wales Australia Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men Migrants

Australia: Gay man, 65, found guilty in New South Wales of ‘maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm’ following alleged transmission to former partner

Latest update 2 September 2013
New South Wales Australia Alleged sexual transmission Gay men

Australia: Queensland man accused of ‘knowing’ HIV transmission has name released following hearing

Latest update 4 April 2013
Queensland Australia Alleged sexual exposure Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Australia: Queensland police arrest man, issue press release, following alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 13 March 2013
Queensland Australia Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

US: Young gay Brisbane man, 20, charged with ‘intentional’ HIV transmission

Latest update 1 November 2012
Queensland Australia Alleged sexual transmission Gay men Youth

Australia: Defendant in AU$750k Sydney gay civil case now faces criminal charges

Latest update 30 July 2010
New South Wales Australia Alleged sexual transmission Gay men Civil cases (non criminal)

Australia: Sydney husband gets 4 1/2 years after pleading guilty to infecting wife

Latest update 11 May 2009
New South Wales Australia Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

[Update]Australia: More delays in Stuart McDonald trial

Latest update 15 April 2009
South Australia Australia Alleged sexual transmission Gay men

Australia: Bail for African migrant accused in Adelaide

Latest update 24 March 2009
South Australia Australia Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Australia: Man pleads guilty to infecting wife, gets three years

Latest update 15 March 2009
Victoria Australia Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

[Update]Australia: No more appeals for Andree Chad Parenzee

Latest update 2 October 2008

     

South Australia Australia

Australia: HIV-positive sex worker gets 2 1/2 months jail for being an HIV-positive sex worker

Latest update 15 September 2008

         

Australian Capital Territory Australia Gay men Sex workers

[Update]Australia: Lam Kuoth’s laywers appeal against ‘excessive’ suspended sentence

Latest update 24 August 2008
Victoria Australia Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

[Update]Australia: Michael Neal not guilty of deliberate HIV transmission but guilty of nine counts of attempting to infect a person with HIV

Latest update 31 July 2008
Victoria Australia Alleged sexual exposure Alleged sexual transmission Gay men

Australia: Sydney man pleads guilty to criminal HIV transmission

Latest update 5 June 2008
New South Wales Australia Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Australia: Not guilty verdict in Melbourne HIV exposure trial

Latest update 4 April 2008
Victoria Australia Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Australia: Jilted wife accuses husband of criminal HIV transmission twelve years after alleged event

Latest update 29 March 2008
Victoria Australia Alleged sexual transmission Gay men

[Update]Australia: Melbourne man not guilty of reckless HIV transmission

Latest update 20 March 2008
Victoria Australia Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Australia: Brisbane man jailed 12 months for biting a policeman

Latest update 17 January 2008
Queensland Australia Biting

Australia: Man living with HIV imprisoned for non-disclosure during blood donation

Latest update 3 November 1993
Victoria Australia Blood donation