The Ontario government is writing guidelines for criminal prosecutions of HIV-positive people who don’t disclose their status before having sex, according to the Ministry of the Attorney General.
Canada: HIV groups upset because attorney general has no plans to consult them on prosecutorial guidelines
News curated from other sources
Uzbekistan: Draft law on compulsory HIV testing introduces notion of "dangerous group" and "potential HIV carriers"
Uzbekistan will forcibly test sex workers and MSM for HIV
September 2, 2022
US: Indiana legislators and other stakeholders meet to discuss changes to HIV criminal laws
HIV laws, funding for mental health in Indiana justice system weighed by lawmakers
September 2, 2022
Canada: Ruling from Ontario court of appeal opens the door for other people with HIV to seek to have their convictions overturned
‘I was made out to be a monster’: With her conviction for not disclosing her HIV status now overturned, one woman wants Canada’s laws to change
August 31, 2022
United Nations Development Program continues to advocate for the global decriminalization of HIV
Decriminalization of HIV is ‘Scientifically Proven and Morally Correct’
August 30, 2022
Mexico: 30 states retain the crime of "danger of contagion" in their local penal codes
Danger of contagion’, the offence punishable in 30 states and organisations call for repeal to avoid stigmatisation
August 12, 2022
News by the HIV Justice Network
Why people living with HIV should not be criminalised for donating blood
September 2, 2022
HIV criminalisation highlights at AIDS 2022
August 12, 2022
