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Overview The Williams Institute analyzed data from the state of Arkansas about individuals who came into contact with the state’s criminal system through allegations of HIV-related crimes. We analyzed both law enforcement arrest data and data from the state’s Department…

Translated via Deepl.com. For article in Spanish, please scroll down The Positivxs Organisation, an association of people living with HIV and STIs, told Yafit Ohana that “policies that criminalise HIV are policies of death”. The organisation’s statements follow “the appearance…

Translated with Deepl.com. For article in Spanish, please scroll down. For sociologist Axel Bautista, the fight against HIV-related stigma encompasses social awareness and a cry for help for legislators. HIV stigma: A social struggle that needs legislative reinforcement, awareness and…

Translated via Deepl.com. For original article in German, please scroll down. A large care organisation terminated without notice a contract concluded shortly before, because of HIV infection. All others also refused because of HIV. In this guest blog, lawyer Helmut…

The decision on the need to provide certificates has already been taken in Ingushetia. In the State Duma it has been proposed to require Russians to disclose their HIV status before marriage. This proposal was expressed in conversation with the…

The World Health Organization (WHO) is releasing new scientific and normative guidance on HIV at the 12thInternational IAS (the International AIDS Society) Conference on HIV Science. New WHO guidance and an accompanying Lancet systematic review released today describe the role…

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“A bill and legislation put forth that would criminalize this specific behavior is most definitely warranted. We would support it for sure,” the NM Attorney General’s office said. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — VIP Beauty Salon and Spa in Albuquerque, New Mexico,…

by Marco Lopez BELMOPAN, Fri. June 30, 2023 The Criminal Code was amended during Friday’s Sitting of the House of Representatives to repeal provisions related to the deliberate and reckless spreading of HIV-AIDS. During his presentation on the amendment, Minister…

A new law taking effect on Thursday nullifies two HIV-related felonies in state law, and advocacy groups will celebrate by handing out HIV self-test kits. What You Need To Know House Bill 349 takes effect on Thursday, which decriminalizes HIV…

by: David Rees COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Ohio is home to several statutes criminalizing HIV, including a felony charge and prison sentence for those with the virus who fail to disclose their status to sexual partners. HIV-positive Ohioans can be…

The Belize government is to seek parliamentary approval to amend a section of the Criminal Code as it relates to HIV transmission from mother to child. The Ministry of Human Development, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Wellness…

Exposure to HIV Removed from Offenses Requiring Sex Offender Registration in Tennessee People living with HIV convicted of criminal exposure can request to terminate registration requirements with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (NEW YORK) – On May 17, 2023, Tennessee…

KAMPALA, May 2 (Reuters) – Uganda’s parliament on Tuesday passed one of the world’s strictest anti-LGBTQ bills mostly unchanged, including provision for long jail terms and the death penalty, after the president requested some parts of the original legislation be toned down….

By Rasha Aly The latest attempt to modernize Indiana’s antiquated HIV criminalization law has failed. Though state House representatives passed Indiana House Bill 1198, it did not clear the state’s Senate. However, this does not stop HIV Modernization Movement-Indiana (HMMI) and other advocates…

31 March 2023 – Nairobi, Kenya Communities of people living with and affected by HIV are disappointed with the Nairobi High Court’s decision dismissing Petition 447 of 2018. This is a Petition was filed in December 2018, that asked that…

Krishen Samuel 3 April 2023 New Crown Prosecution Service guidance on cases of alleged HIV transmission state that an undetectable viral load stops HIV transmission. While the previous guidance stated that a person’s viral load at the time may provide…

Translated via Deepl.com – For article in Russian, please scroll down Knowingly infecting another person with the immunodeficiency virus is a crime, but most criminal cases break up before trial. Last year, 3,900 Kazakhstani people got the bad news of…

Translated with www.DeepL.com, please scroll down for English version Currently, the Penal Code of the State of Querétaro imposes penalties on anyone who “knowing that he or she suffers from a serious illness in an infectious period (…) puts the…

Translated with Deepl.com. Please scroll down for article in Spanish The Congress of Nayarit approved reforms to the State Penal Code so that people with HIV and diseases transmitted by intimate contact are not discriminated against and enjoy their right…

The International Committee of Jurists (ICJ) along with UNAIDS and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) officially launched a new set of expert jurist legal principles to guide the application of international human rights law to…

Five Minnesota House Democrats are proposing eliminating the law that makes it a crime to knowingly expose someone to HIV or other sexually transmitted diseases. The lawmakers’ bill (HF267) would repeal a 1995 law that allows prosecutors to charge someone…

HF 267, a bill that would repeal Minnesota’s criminal penalties for “transmission of a communicable disease from one person who knowingly harbors the agent to another”, has been introduced on January 11 and will be sent to the House’s Public…

The Parliament of Ukraine has adopted the Bill “On amendments to the Law of Ukraine “On combating the spread of diseases caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and on legal and social protection of people living with HIV”, which…

Opinion: “Folks living with HIV/AIDS are valuable contributors to their families, communities, and warrant equal treatment under the law,” Fargo resident Kara Gloe writes. House Bill 1281 is an opportunity to right a wrong. The current law is discriminatory and codifies…