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This report provides a summary of key developments in the legal environment for HIV responses in Asia and the Pacific. It is the product of a desk review conducted for UNAIDS and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in 2019….

Human rights defenders are trying to achieve the return of HIV / AIDS to the list of diseases that are the basis for presenting convicts with release from serving their sentences. According to the public foundation “Positive dialogue”, HIV /…

The bill’s primary sponsor, Rep. Gretchen Dobervich, D-Fargo, said the penalty for knowingly transmitting HIV is unfairly harsh and doesn’t align with the infractions North Dakotans face if they willfully infect someone with any other sexually transmitted disease, such as…

Equality Virginia Executive Director Vee Lamneck on Monday announced HIV decriminalization is among their organization’s legislative priorities during the 2021 legislative session that begins this week. “Virginia is one of 37 states with outdated laws targeting and punishing people based…

Southwest China’s Yunnan Province, a region most affected by HIV in China, will roll out a new regulation next year where HIV/AIDS patients who conceal their condition from their partners will be prosecuted for criminal liability. The regulation has immediately…

Automatic translation via Deepl.com. For article in Spanish, please scroll down. The Green Ecologist Party in the LX Legislature, seeks to establish up to 4 years jail sentences for anyone who deliberately infects another person with a transmissable disease such…

The move is aimed at reducing local infections as well as cases in which people contract HIV without knowing their partners are positive. Breaking with standard confidentiality practices, doctors in Southwest China will soon be allowed to share patients’ positive…

Translation via Deepl.com – For article in Russian, please scroll down. People PLUS in action The legal environment for HIV-positive people will be further improved. The process has been launched. On the eve of December 1 a letter from the…

Rep. Phil Christofanelli and incoming Sens. Holly Rehder and Greg Razer pre-filed legislation to change Missouri’s laws regarding people with HIV on World AIDS Day Tuesday.  “It’s special that we get to file our bills on this day,” Rehder told The Missouri Times. “We’ve had so many advancements…

LISTEN  Download by Zachary Green Today is World AIDS Day.   An international day dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic and remembering those who have died from the disease. Civil and LGBTQ+ rights groups across Nevada are pushing…

Ontario’s sex offender registry has some soul searching to do. Does it exist to punish offenders, or protect communities? And how can the framework for who goes on the list, which the Supreme Court has ruled discriminatory, support this core…

Google translation, please scroll down for original article in Russian The Ministry of Health has approved new rules for compulsory examination for the detection of the human immunodeficiency virus. The document comes into force on January 1, 2021, said Oleg Salagay,…

Google translated extracts from an article published in Seronet on November 11, 2020.  The full article in French can be accessed here: https://seronet.info/article/pas-de-contradiction-entre-droits-humains-et-sante-publique-88959.  From November 8 to 11, 2020, Dakar hosted the tenth AFRAVIH conference. The 2020 edition, held virtually,…

ACON has condemned the introduction of legislation by the NSW Government that will enforce mandatory testing of individuals whose bodily fluids come into contact with frontline workers. On 11 November, the NSW Government introduced the Mandatory Disease Testing Bill (2020)…

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) organized, this Tuesday, November 10, 2020 at L’Infosec in Cotonou, a workshop to exchange and share information on scientific data on HIV in the context of criminal law. This meeting which brought together several…

10 November 2020 Dear Board Leadership, Board Members and Peter Sands, Community-led and community-based health systems are essential for Resilient and Sustainable Systems for Health that are person-centred, equitable, evidence-based and inclusive We are a group of global networks and organisations…

The Federation is working with the National AIDS Trust to tackle the stigma of HIV and provide reassurance for colleagues around its transmission. Over the decades, many officers have been spat at or bitten by individuals who ‘weaponise’ the virus…

With the COVID-19 pandemic persisting for much longer than expected, particularly in Victoria where rolling lockdowns have affected us all, it’s understandable that there might be calls for legislative reform. But I was saddened to read a call for implementation…

ABSTRACT This article examines the impact of the Supreme Court of Canada decision in R. v. Cuerrier from two vantage points. First, the article examines the impact of the decision on HIV nondisclosure prosecutions. Second, it examines the damage done by Cuerrier to sexual…

I. Statement of the Problem: The Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE): A Plan for America initiative aims to reduce new HIV infections in the United States by 90% by 2030 through leveraging critical advances in HIV prevention, diagnosis, treatment and…

Google translation. For article in Russian, please go to: https://uz.sputniknews.ru/analytics/20201028/15275804/Nakazanie-za-bolezn-pochemu-VICh-v-Uzbekistane-do-sikh-por-prestuplenie.html Unfortunately, people living with HIV in Uzbekistan are victims of a discriminatory legal system. But there is hope that with the country’s entry into the UN Human Rights Council, the…

Government Mandates Reporting HIV Status, Deports People Living with HIV In Jordan, medical professionals and health facilities are mandated to report an individual’s HIV status to the government. Foreign nationals found to be HIV-positive are summarily deported regardless of the consequences to their health and…

By Andre C Wade According to the Center for HIV Law & Policy, 32 states have laws that criminalize behavior of people living with HIV. Nevada is one of those states. In 1993, the U.S. was grappling with HIV —…

The Ministry of Health has recommended some revisions to the Law on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control, which is expected to help the country end the disease by 2030. The proposal was made by acting Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long…