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
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US: PA House Committee considers bill to end HIV criminalization
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