Cases

HIV criminalisation cases

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

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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]US: Illinois man imprisoned for ten years for HIV exposure (again)

Latest update 29 March 2008
Illinois USA Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

[Update]Canada: Ryan Handy gets eight months in prison for HIV exposure

Latest update 28 March 2008
Ontario Canada Alleged sexual exposure Gay men

[Update]US: Man gets nine months for HIV exposure in Virginia

Latest update 27 March 2008
Virginia USA Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

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

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

Canada: Condom use no defence for HIV exposure liability

Latest update 25 February 2008
Quebec Canada Alleged sexual exposure Women

US: Another Missouri man charged with HIV exposure

Latest update 15 February 2008

     

Missouri USA Alleged sexual exposure Gay men Heterosexual men

Canada: HIV exposure charge dismissed following dramatic Ontario courtroom scene

Latest update 5 February 2008

           

Ontario Canada Alleged sexual transmission Gay men

[Update]Sweden: British man sentenced to 14 years for HIV transmission

Latest update 1 February 2008
Sweden Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

US: Further developments in California civil case

Latest update 28 January 2008
California USA Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men Civil cases (non criminal)

Australia: Brisbane man jailed 12 months for biting a policeman

Latest update 17 January 2008
Queensland Australia Biting

US: Illinois man charged with HIV exposure

Latest update 14 January 2008
Illinois USA Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

[Update]US: HIV-positive Navy chaplain pleads guilty to HIV exposure and other charges

Latest update 6 December 2007
FED Military USA Alleged sexual exposure Gay men

US: Kansas man already convicted of HIV exposure in one county convicted again

Latest update 3 December 2007
Kansas USA Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Botswana: Lawyer on trial for sexual HIV exposure

Latest update 3 December 2007
Botswana Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

US: Iowa woman receives probation after pleading guilty to criminal HIV transmission

Latest update 27 November 2007
Iowa USA Alleged sexual transmission Women

Canada: Winnipeg HIV exposure/transmission trial halted

Latest update 26 November 2007
Manitoba Canada Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Russia: Sverdlovsk regional court sentenced a woman to 4,5 years in prison for HIV non-disclosure and perceived transmission to three men

Latest update 20 November 2007
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Women

[Updated]US: Woman originally charged with attempted murder biting shopkeeper sentenced to 12 years for biting and robbery

Latest update 12 November 2007

     

Kentucky USA Biting

US: Missouri man charged with HIV exposure

Latest update 12 November 2007

     

Missouri USA Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Canada: British Columbia man receives 4 1/2 years for HIV exposure; shoddy reporting

Latest update 4 November 2007

     

British Columbia Canada Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

US: North Carolina soldier pleads guilty to reckless HIV transmission; sentenced to 40 months

Latest update 1 November 2007

 

FED Military USA Alleged sexual transmission Gay men

US: Missouri woman sentenced to 10 years for HIV exposure

Latest update 18 October 2007
Missouri USA Alleged sexual exposure Women

UK: Hunt for Mark James continues

Latest update 15 October 2007
England United Kingdom Alleged sexual transmission Gay men

UK: First intentional HIV transmission case in UK?

Latest update 3 October 2007
England United Kingdom Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

New Zealand: Man jailed for HIV exposure and underage sex

Latest update 26 September 2007

   

New Zealand Heterosexual men

Sweden: Three cases of HIV transmission/exposure in as many months

Latest update 25 September 2007

     

Sweden Alleged sexual exposure Alleged sexual transmission

US: Man awaiting sentencing for HIV exposure in Tennessee

Latest update 14 September 2007

   

Tennessee USA Alleged sexual exposure Gay men

[Update]Canada: Ontario woman sentenced to two years for HIV transmission

Latest update 18 August 2007
Ontario Canada Alleged sexual transmission Women

France: Gay man indicted for HIV transmission

Latest update 10 August 2007
France Alleged sexual transmission Gay men

US: Texas man arrested for HIV exposure

Latest update 25 July 2007
Texas USA Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

UK: Michael Fielder sentenced (UK reckless transmission case thrown out due to lack of evidence)

Latest update 14 July 2007
England United Kingdom Alleged sexual transmission Gay men

Austria: 20-year-old sentenced to 7 months for alleged HIV exposure

Latest update 2 July 2007
Austria Alleged sexual exposure Heterosexual men

Russia: 17-year-old girl from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski prosecuted for HIV transmission to four man; she can face up to 8 years in prison

Latest update 28 April 2007
Russian Federation Alleged sexual transmission Women

Sweden: Woman living with HIV sentenced to 2 years and 5 months for HIV non-disclosure

Latest update 28 April 2006
Sweden Alleged sexual exposure Women

Argentina: 3 years suspended sentence for alleged intentional HIV transmission

Latest update 14 July 2003
Argentina Alleged sexual transmission

Canada: Supreme Court rules that it is a criminal offence for an HIV-positive person to engage in consensual sex without disclosing their status

Latest update 3 September 1998

   

Canada Alleged sexual exposure

Cyprus: Court sentenced British woman to 7 months in jail for alleged HIV exposure

Latest update 28 April 1998
Cyprus Alleged sexual exposure Women

Cyprus: Cypriot fisherman sentenced to 15 years in jail for alleged HIV transmission

Latest update 1 August 1997
Cyprus Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men

Bermuda: Man sentenced to 14 years for alleged HIV transmission under new changes to the Criminal Code

Latest update 6 May 1995
Bermuda Alleged sexual transmission Heterosexual men