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HIV Criminalization Laws Are Rooted In Homophobia — An Interview with Trevor Hoppe Last week, the Missouri trial of Michael Johnson ended when Johnson pled guilty to HIV exposure to get 10 years in prison, rather than the maximum of 96 years…

CDC joins consensus on HIV that ‘Undetectable = Untransmittable’ The historic announcement has significant implications for HIV advocacy efforts. In a statement acknowledging National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Wednesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) embraced a scientific consensus…

HIV Criminalization update: Some U.S. Nondisclosure Laws Advance, While Others Recede By Victoria Law From TheBody.com Table of Contents California Law Modernizing HIV Criminalization Awaits Governor’s Signature Idaho Statewide Coalition Created to Modernize HIV Criminalization Laws Massachusetts Bill Would Criminalize Nondisclosure…

Reforming HIV Laws in Texas Lone Star Justice A new coalition in Texas aims to reform HIV criminalization & find a united voice for people living with HIV by Chip Alfred It’s called the Lone Star State to commemorate a…

Gael Adrien Mbama: HIV laws must be modernized to prevent further stigmatization More than 119,589 people diagnosed with the human immunodeficiency virus live in California. That diagnosis alone has allowed these people to be stigmatized and receive unfair treatment under the law. Under…

Is one person to blame if another gets a sexually transmissible infection (STI)? In most Australian states, if you have certain STIs, you have a legal responsibility to notify your potential sexual partners. The NSW government last week passed an amendment to…

HIV Criminalization Beyond Non-Disclosure: Advocacy Toolkits on Intersections with Sex Work and Syringe Use, The Center for HIV Law and Policy and National LGBTQ Task Force (2017) The Center for HIV Law and Policy (CHLP) and the National LGBTQ Task…

Moratorium requested on prosecutions for non-disclosure of HIV (Translation of article in French below) The Coalition des organismes communautaires québécois de lutte contre le sida (COCQ-SIDA) will ask the minister of Justice of Quebec on Tuesday to impose a moratorium…

Justice and Public Safety Ministers conclude two days of meetings on shared justice and security priorities VANCOUVER, Sept. 15, 2017 /CNW/ – Canadian Intergovernmental Conference Secretariat Today, federal, provincial and territorial (FPT) ministers concluded two days of constructive discussions on justice and public…

PROPOSED SEXUAL HEALTH LAW REFORMS IN NSW SLAMMED BY EXPERTS The reforms would see people with HIV or an STI who fail to take “reasonable precautions” face a fine or up to six months in prison. The New South Wales…

Ontario a ‘world leader’ in unjustly prosecuting people living with HIV, advocates say  HIV-positive individuals being ‘criminalized’ when it comes to disclosing their status to sexual partners, by a criminal justice system that has failed to catch up to the…

HIV Criminalization Laws Not Keeping Pace With Research, Treatment In many states across the country, one can be charged with a felony for not disclosing their HIV status. However, recent studies show that, when individuals are properly treated, HIV transmissions…

California Assembly votes to repeal HIV criminalization laws ACRAMENTO, CALIF.  The California Assembly voted Thursday to reduce the penalty for intentionally exposing someone to HIV from a felony to a misdemeanor. Existing laws discriminate against people with HIV, the virus…

HIV Crime Laws: Historical Relics Or Public Safety Measures? Thirty-three states have laws that can be used to prosecute people living with HIV. Some states are looking to either repeal those laws or reduce their severity. By Teresa Wiltz Robert Suttle…

Court weighs 1st Amendment challenge to Ohio HIV assault law An Ohio law requiring HIV-infected individuals to tell sexual partners of their status before having sex or risk criminal charges is unconstitutionally based on outmoded stigmas against the gay community and doesn’t…

As a physician who has spent his career in correctional settings and providing health care to persons who are homeless, I have seen how racism, poverty and heterosexism form a Bermuda Triangle, creating a deadly trap for thousands of men…

Cases of non-disclosure of HIV rising in the courts In the last two months alone, three new cases of non-disclosure of HIV-positive status have been prosecuted in Quebec. This increase contrasts with past practices and has alreted the advocacy groups…

How everyone living with HIV in Canada became a potential criminal Add your voice to the growing call for prosecutorial guidelines today By Richard ElliottAug 08, 2017, 8:44 PM EDT I couldn’t believe it, and yet I shouldn’t have been surprised,…

HIV Disclosure Crime Convictions Differ by Race/Gender, Gay/Straight Status in the US  9th IAS Conference on HIV Science (IAS 2017), July 23-26, 2017, Paris Mark Mascolini Black women get convicted under US HIV disclosure laws half as often as white women, white men,…

Live stream: Addressing legal barriers to fast track HIV/TB response in Africa This is the live stream of the 2nd Africa Regional Dialogue on HIV, TB and the law, on 4 August 2017. It is being streamed from The Balalaika…

State Advocacy Release of Consensus Statement on HIV “Treatment as Prevention” in Criminal Law Reform The Consensus Statement on HIV “Treatment as Prevention” in Criminal Law was developed by ten organizations in response to concerns about the best way to use HIV…

Every now and then, the conversation around the criminalisation of HIV and STI transmission is brought up. It was recently raised in a sitting of the joint select committee reviewing the Sexual Offences Act and other related acts. It was…

New Supreme Court Standards Address Prostitution, HIV Judicial authorities hope new measure will better protect China’s women, children, and marginalized communities. China’s highest court and public prosecutor have outlined a series of standards to mete out punishment for crimes relating…