News by the HIV Justice Network

News by the HIV Justice Network

The latest news by and about the HIV Justice Network and the HIV JUSTICE WORLDWIDE coalition

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Opinion

Year in review: Celebrating successes, highlighting the many challenges ahead

18 December 2020

This past year has shown us what happens when one pandemic –  HIV – is overshadowed by another pandemic, COVID-19.  Despite the many lessons learned from our collective advocacy against HIV criminalisation that we and our HIV JUSTICE WORLDWIDE partners…

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Africa’s criminal HIV transmission laws are highly inefficient, says Justice Michael Kirby

16 July 2008

Australia’s most eloquent and insightful High Court judge, Justice Michael Kirby, spoke at the International Criminal Law Reform conference in Dublin yesterday, arguing that the move to criminalise HIV transmission in sub-Saharan countries such as Benin, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger,…

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Uganda: Final arguments in landmark case challenging HIV criminalisation law to be made within a week

Uganda Constitutional Court gives activists seven days to file final arguments in HIV criminalization suit
June 8, 2022

Uganda: Legal Environment Assessment recommends changes to the penal code to address HIV and sex work criminalisation, stigma, discrimination and gender-based violence

Ugandan Laws Constraining Fight against HIV/AIDS – Report
May 30, 2022

US: Indiana to undertake a review of its criminal code for laws concerning HIV

Laws criminalizing HIV to be reviewed by legislative interim study committee
May 25, 2022

US: Georgia's Governor signs Senate Bill 164 to modernize state's HIV laws

Press Release: Georgia makes strides in modernizing HIV disclosure law
May 12, 2022

Argentina: New HIV law seeking to provide comprehensive response to HIV approved

The Chamber of Deputies gave half sanction to the new HIV law with a large majority
May 6, 2022

El Salvador: Proposal to treat HIV and STI exposure as aggravating circumstance in cases of sexual assault

April 22, 2022

US: Tennessee Senate votes to remove sex offender registry requirement for HIV related offences

Lawmakers Seek to Reduce Penalties for HIV Criminal Exposure Law
April 17, 2022

US: Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund (DREDF) publishes statement opposing HIV criminalisation

DREDF HIV Criminalization Statement
March 30, 2022

Pressure to produce more content with fewer staff hinders journalists ability to improve their media coverage of HIV criminalisation

Journalists’ working conditions foster stigmatising coverage of HIV criminalisation
March 30, 2022

Cyprus: Decision to deport HIV positive student on the grounds of “carrying an infectious disease” is reversed

Deportation of HIV student halted after uproar
March 27, 2022
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