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Held Harmless By Heather Boerner, From TheBody Science Guided Switzerland Away From Prosecuting People Living With HIV for Theoretically Exposing Their Partners To The Virus. Could It Happen Here, Too? In November 2008, a 34-year-old African man was sitting in a jail…

KENTUCKY (2/15/18) — A bill that would make it a felony to intentionally expose a law enforcement officer to bodily fluids or bodily waste was approved yesterday by the House Judiciary Committee. Kentucky jailers and some other officials are protected…

By using the word “contaminated” the Mexican Secretary of health has committed a crime, state activists When using the word “contaminated” against patients with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), the Secretary of Health Arturo Iran Suárez Villa committed a crime…

Police say false HIV claims over spitting were taken from national guidelines Avon and Somerset Police still have not retracted their statement despite pressure from campaigners The police force for Bristol and the surrounding areas say false claims made about…

The March 2018 edition of the Positive Justice Project newsletter is available here.

A Moment of Outrage with a Silver Lining Betty Price’s comments about HIV spark backlash, while her committee quietly issues a well-reasoned critique of Georgia’s HIV criminal laws by Catherine Hanssens, CHLP Executive Director Back in October 2017, there was…

HIV Criminalization in Georgia  by Amira Hasenbush January 2018 Georgia laws that criminalize people living with HIV have resulted in 571 arrests from 1988 to September 2017, according to state-level criminal history record information analyzed by the Williams Institute. Analyses…

Ontario, Canada Moves to Reduce HIV Non-Disclosure Prosecutions, Leaves Behind PLHIV Lacking Effective Health Care Changes to HIV criminalization laws in Canada highlight the importance of the Consensus Statement on HIV TasP in Criminal Law Reform urging that prosecutions not…

Are state’s HIV laws unfair? Activists say it’s time for change Nina Martinez moved to Georgia from Washington, D.C., in 2005. Just a few months after she settled into her new Atlanta home, she learned about Georgia’s criminal laws regarding…

PREGNANT HIV-positive mothers who do not take precaution to prevent transmission of the virus to their unborn babies are liable for prosecution and face up to 20 years in prison under the country’s laws, a lawyer has noted. Anyone living…

What’s the Future of HIV Criminalization Activism? An Interview With Trevor Hoppe By Kenyon Farrow From TheBody.com December 12, 2017 After 30-plus years of states using laws to criminalize people living with HIV for exposure or transmission, the movement to change…

Lawyers urge second look at HIV non-disclosure cases, convictions following report Monday, December 11, 2017 @ 9:25 AM | By Terry Davidson Lawyers are urging Crown attorneys to re-examine HIV non-disclosure cases past and present following a federal report calling…

News release: Human Rights organisations applaud African Commission’s launch of HIV report  SALC : STAFF WRITER Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire –  On this International Human Rights Day, regional human rights organisations commend the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) on…

HIV-positive community says Ont. ruling is first step of long process TORONTO — A move by the Ontario government to limit the prosecution of HIV-positive people who don’t disclose their status to sexual partners is being called a step in…

The November 2017 edition of the Positive Justice Project newsletter is available here.

AN IMPORTANT, MODEST ADVANCE ON WORLD AIDS DAY Federal and Ontario governments take first steps toward limiting unjust HIV criminalization, but must work with community and experts to go further The following statement is issued jointly by the Canadian HIV/AIDS…

Ontario to curb prosecution of HIV non-disclosure cases Crown attorneys will not prosecute cases of HIV-positive people who do not disclose they have HIV if they have had a “suppressed” viral load, or amount of HIV, in their blood for…

Government releases Report on the Criminality of HIV non-disclosure News Release From Department of Justice Canada December 1, 2017 – Ottawa, ON – Department of Justice Canada The Government of Canada is committed to ensuring that our criminal justice system protects…

‘Stop HIV shaming’: When status is not the story Here are guidelines for government authorities and media groups in handling cases and stories involving persons living with HIV MANILA, Philippines – When agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) arrested…