In his commentary on the recent Supreme Court of Canada decisions about HIV non-disclosure, Dr. Mark Tyndall hit the nail on the head: the criminal law with respect to HIV non-disclosure is, indeed, “blunt, misinformed, and ineffective.”
Legal Network's Alison Symington's letter to Ottawa Citizen newspaper
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US: New Williams Institute analysis shows HIV criminalization disproportionately targets Black communities
Black Americans are disproportionately criminalized for living with HIV.
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Congress urges to eliminate the crime of “danger of contagion” from the Federal Criminal Code
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DRC: New study offers in-depth analysis of the legal framework governing HIV criminalisation in the DRC
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USA: New Williams Institute report analyses three decades of HIV criminalisation prosecutions in Michigan
Enforcement of HIV Criminalization in Michigan
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