News by the HIV Justice Network

Criminalising HIV transmission sparks debate LOBATSE – The issue of criminalising intentional transmission of HIV received mixed reaction from residents of Lobatse and surrounding areas. While some accepted the idea of making intentional spread the disease a criminal offence, others…

Brit hit with HIV sex rap Published: 06 Oct 2007 A BRITISH sex beast was last night charged in Sweden with infecting two women with HIV and putting 14 more at risk. Christer Merrill Aggett, 32, met the women on…

http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,4136,143384,00.html I may have HIV। Will you still sleep with me? Under proposed changes to law, those at risk must disclose sex history to partner TELL the truth, says a new legal proposal that seeks to put the onus on…

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19526213.900-hiv-sequences-cannot-prove-guilt-in-court.html HIV sequences cannot prove guilt 19 September 2007 People infected with HIV might well want to know who gave it to them – but the genetic sequence of their virus won’t tell them. The virus is now routinely sequenced…

http://www.thetelegraphaandargus.co.uk/news/bradford/bradfordnews/display.var.1675040.0.rape_case_asylum_seeker_has_to_stay.php Rape case asylum seeker has to stay 3:54pm Saturday 8th September 2007 An HIV-positive asylum seeker, who was cleared of rape after having unprotected sex with a woman at her flat, cannot be returned to his home country because…

Africa’s HIV transmission laws based on questionable scienceby Cassandra Willyard, New York Nature Medicine 13, 890 (2007)Published online: 31 August 2007 Faced with an AIDS epidemic that kills millions every year, countries in sub-Saharan Africa are contemplating a new prevention…

‘Risky’ HIV carriers to be reported by Julia Medew and Carol Nader http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/07/24/1185043115537.html July 25, 2007 CIVIL libertarians have attacked a decision by Australia’s health ministers to introduce mandatory reporting by doctors of “risky” HIV patients to state health authorities….

An editorial in The Age argues that Australia’s HIV Epidemiology Project should be used to track down individuals who are ‘reckless’ so that they can be prosecuted. This is not only unethical, it is also not scientifically possible given the…

‘The Age’ reports on the HIV Epidemiology Project which may be used to trace people who criminally transmit HIV. Full report below: Plan to genetically trace reckless HIV infections Julia MedewApril 28, 2007 People who have recklessly or deliberately infected…

China to prosecute deliberate AIDS infections BEIJING, Dec 6 (Reuters) – China will prosecute people who deliberately infect others with HIV, state media said on Wednesday. “Those who know they are infected with AIDS or are sick with AIDS and…

HIV crimes – lawyers’ views BBC News – September 19, 2006Michelle Roberts, Health reporter Two lawyers who have defended men accused of recklessly transmitting HIV share their views and experience regarding HIV prosecutions. Kharrim Arif, a solicitor in London, was…

How HIV can turn you into a criminal HEALTH & LAW / Confess, confess & consent Shaun Proulx / Xtra / Thursday, June 09, 2005 Like it or not, there’s such a thing as HIV assault. That means that if…