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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Why people living with HIV should not be criminalised for donating blood

2 September 2022

Preventing the transmission of blood-borne infection by imposing limitations on the donation of blood is an important and legitimate public health objective. Since the beginning of the HIV epidemic, certain groups – including, but not limited to, gay men and…

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Laos: Legislators consider HIV-specific law allowing “prosecution of wrongdoers”

25 June 2010

A brief report from the German News Agency, dpa, suggests that leglislators in Laos are considering a new HIV-specific law that will include criminal exposure or transmission provisions. The law would also introduce the “prosecution of wrongdoers,” the report said….

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Criminalization and funding cuts threaten global progress against HIV/AIDS

High-risk HIV groups facing record levels of criminalisation as countries bring in draconian laws
July 10, 2025

Benin: MPs attend workshop to gain up-to-date knowledge to support review of HIV Law

HIV/AIDS in Benin: towards a review of the law on prevention and care, MPs equipped
July 3, 2025

New Zealand: Survey launches to find out how HIV criminalisation laws impact lives

New Zealand’s Outdated HIV Criminalisation Laws Need To Change
July 3, 2025

Mexico: Federal Health Ministry issues favorable opinion on HIV decriminalisation initiative

Jaime López celebrates the Ministry of Health’s favourable opinion to repeal the crime of ‘danger of contagion’ from the Federal Criminal Code
June 28, 2025

Canada: Decades of advocacy ignored as Canada rejects HIV criminalisation law reform

Why is the federal government still refusing to decriminalize HIV?
June 3, 2025

Mexico: HIV criminalisation in Tamaulipas fuels fear and discrimination

Activists in Tamaulipas denounce that criminalisation of HIV is an obstacle to health and human rights
June 2, 2025

US: PA House Committee considers bill to end HIV criminalization

Pennsylvania House committee hears testimony on bill to decriminalize HIV
June 2, 2025

[Update] US: Felony charges for intentional STD transmission one step closer in Louisiana

House committee votes in favor of STD criminalization bill with changes
May 29, 2025

Mexico: Lawmaker introduces initiative to repeal HIV criminalisation from criminal code

As it is obsolete and discriminatory, PRI proposes to eliminate the crime of “risk of contagion”
May 22, 2025

Mexico: LGBTI groups ask for the repeal of HIV criminalisation law

LGBT+ groups demand legislation to punish discrimination against people with HIV
May 22, 2025
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