News by the HIV Justice Network

Looking back at an “extraordinary twelve months” Today, with the publication of our Annual Report 2020, we look back at some of the key highlights of an extraordinary twelve months and look to the future. The report is published by…

You can’t end HIV without ending HIV criminalisation! We must ensure that HIV criminalisation is included as a key indicator in the High-Level Meeting (HLM) 2021 Political Declaration. It is crucial to ensure political commitment to remove laws and policies…

Even as Virginia’s Governor, Ralph Northam, signed legislation late last month to modernise the US state’s HIV criminalisation laws, advocates noted that the inclusion of a felony penalty means that more work needs to be done to ensure that HIV…

Honouring Transgender Day of Visibility The International Transgender Day of Visibility is held annually on March 31 to celebrate trans-diverse people globally and honour their courage and visibility to live openly and authentically. This year’s 12th annual celebration is a…

The HIV JUSTICE WORLDWIDE (HJWW) coalition which campaigns to end HIV criminalisation around the world, will next week mark five years since its launch. It was on March 24th, 2016 when the seven HJWW founding partners and our key allies…

Yesterday was the Global Day of Action for a #PeoplesVaccine. On 11 March, one year since the World Health Organisation declared a COVID-19 pandemic, influential leaders including Winnie Byanyima from UNAIDS and social justice organisations like Human Rights Watch, joined…

Women are often seen both as victims and perpetrators in regard to HIV criminalisation. There are, at least, ten reasons why HIV criminalisation harms women including, “negative public health outcomes, increased gender-based violence, and greater social and political inequalities for…

An editorial published to coincide with Zero Discrimination Day (March 1) by leaders in the HIV Justice movement celebrates “the courage and commitment of the growing global community of advocates, human rights defenders and others around the world who are…

The HIV Justice Network (HJN) is delighted to announce a number of significant changes to its Supervisory Board. Following a joint meeting of the Supervisory and Management Boards earlier this month, Kevin Moody was appointed as the new Chair of…

From Moment to Movement: HIV Justice Live! celebrates the Oslo Declaration on HIV Criminalisation The 3rd episode of HIV Justice Live! aired on Wednesday, February 17, to celebrate nine years since the publication of the historic Oslo Declaration on HIV Criminalisation. Hosted by…

To celebrate the 9th anniversary of the Oslo Declaration on HIV Criminalisation, the HIV Justice Network’s web show for advocates and activists, HIV Justice Live!, will this week feature some of the civil society activists who were behind the influential global call…

HIV Justice and Love It’s Valentine’s Month! February is historically the month of love, and a time to show and share the love. The HIV Justice Network is pleased to support campaigns in the month of love – February –…

The HIV Justice Network (HJN) is delighted to announce that two new members have joined the team, bringing their unique skills and life experiences to better help us deliver on our mandate to end HIV criminalisation globally. Sive Stofile –…

This past year has shown us what happens when one pandemic –  HIV – is overshadowed by another pandemic, COVID-19.  Despite the many lessons learned from our collective advocacy against HIV criminalisation that we and our HIV JUSTICE WORLDWIDE partners…

In an era where the term ‘lockdown’ is used to limit our movements, spare a thought for the many prisoners living with HIV (some of whom have been unjustly convicted under HIV criminalisation laws) who are experiencing real lockdowns and…

by Edwin J Bernard, HJN’s Executive Director A series of articles and editorials in the October 2020 issue of the American Journal of Bioethics published last Friday examine a growing concern amongst community leaders of people living with HIV and…

There were a number of presentations, mostly e-posters, at AIDS2020:Virtual that focused on HIV criminalisation. We have compiled them all below given that access was (and remains) limited. The only oral presentations specifically covering HIV criminalisation were delivered by HIV…

Earlier this month, advocates from all over the world came together for two hours to discuss the successes and challenges of the global movement to end HIV criminalisation. All of the recordings of Beyond Blame: Challenging HIV Criminalisation for HIV…

Two years ago this month saw the launch of the Expert consensus statement on the science of HIV in the context of criminal law (Expert Consensus Statement) at a press conference during AIDS2018 in Amsterdam, published in the Journal of…

New date – Wednesday 8 July 2020 Registration for Beyond Blame at HIV2020 Online now open Last September, the nine organisations comprising the HIV JUSTICE WORLDWIDE Steering Committee announced that we had unanimously agreed to support HIV2020, and that Beyond Blame,…

Today, HIV JUSTICE WORLDWIDE releases a new advocacy factsheet developed by and for Francophone activists engaged in the fight against HIV criminalisation in Francophone Africa. Co-authored by Cécile Kazatchkine of the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network and Alain Kra, an expert…

Today, the HIV JUSTICE WORLDWIDE Steering Committee statement on lessons learned from HIV criminalisation as it relates to COVID-19 criminalisation, has been published in a fifth language, Arabic. Download the statement in Arabic / تحميل البيان باللغة العربية We are…

A new study published this month by a group of leading Canadian social science academics provides damning evidence of the extraordinary over-representation of Black and Black immigrant male defendants in news reporting of Canadian HIV criminalisation cases. Eric Mykhalovskiy and…

Today, we are delighted to announce a new version of the HIV Justice Network (HJN) website, www.hivjustice.net. The centrepiece of the new website is the Global HIV Criminalisation Database, which comprises three separate but interrelated databases: Laws and Analyses –…

The Spanish Supreme Court has set an important precedent for HIV criminalisation cases, making it clear that it is not solely up to the defendant to prove that they disclosed their HIV-positive status, as other factors can inform a court’s…