Honestly it has taken me some time to “swallow” the Report. I don’t find the Commissions proposal to a new penal code very controversial. To me it’s a slight improvement to the old one (§ 155) and to the § 237/238 which never been used.
L.G. POZ: REGARDING THE NORWEGIAN LAW COMMISSION REPORT ON CRIMINAL LAW AND THE TRANSMISSION OF DISEASE
News curated from other sources
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Canada: Canada’s broken promise on HIV criminalisation reform
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US: North Dakota Governor signs into law House Bill 1217 to reform outdated HIV criminalisation laws
North Dakota decriminalises State HIV laws
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Ukraine: Parliament approves bill removing HIV criminalisation article from criminal code
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