The Center for HIV Law and Policy (CHLP) has updated two resources that could be helpful to HIV anti-discrimination advocates and attorneys representing PLWH. Together with the HIV Medicine Association (HIV MA), CHLP updated the Sample Expert Statement on HIV Transmission Risk describing in more detail the ways in which HIV is and isn’t transmitted.
US: Updated advocacy tools – sample expert statement on transmission risk and US criminalisation map
News curated from other sources
US: Tennessee changes its criminal exposure law
News Release from CHLP: Exposure to HIV Removed from Offenses Requiring Sex Offender Registration in Tennessee
May 23, 2023
Uganda: Bill retaining death penalty for having gay sex when HIV positive sent back to President for signing
Uganda parliament passes harsh anti-LGBTQ bill mostly unchanged
May 3, 2023
US: Bill to reform Indiana HIV criminalisation law fails to clear the state's Senate
Reform of HIV Criminalization Laws Gaining Traction in Indiana but Not Yet There
April 18, 2023
Kenya: People living with HIV will continue to lobby for change after disappointing High Court decision
“HIV is not a crime!” – People living with HIV disappointed by High Court judgment in HIV criminalisation case
April 3, 2023
UK: New Crown Prosecution Service guidance on cases of alleged HIV transmission states that undetectable viral load stops HIV transmission
U=U acknowledged in prosecutors’ guidance in England and Wales
April 3, 2023
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An important new advocacy tool for HIV justice
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