Advancing HIV Justice 4:
Understanding Commonalities, Seizing Opportunities

English, French, Russian, Spanish: HJN, July 2022

Advancing HIV Justice 4: Understanding Commonalities, Seizing Opportunities is published by the HIV Justice Network on behalf of HIV JUSTICE WORLDWIDE.

It provides a progress report of achievements and challenges in global advocacy against HIV criminalisation. All of the case analyses and the vast majority of the legal and policy analysis in this report cover a 36-month period — 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2021, which begins where the third Advancing HIV Justice report left off. However, significant law reform developments that took place in the first quarter of 2022 are also included in our maps and analysis.

 

The report is available to download in English, French, Russian and Spanish. 

 

Advancing HIV Justice 4 was conceived and edited by the HJN’s executive director, Edwin J Bernard, and HJN’s senior policy analyst, Alison Symington. Alison Symington researched and wrote all chapters except for ‘Global Overview’, which was researched and written by Edwin J Bernard, using data collected by Sylvie Beaumont and analysed by Tenesha Myrie.

Additional input was provided by: Gonzalo Aburto (The Sero Project), India Annamanthadoo (HIV Legal Network), Stephen Barris (Ex Aequo), Sophie Brion (International Community of Women Living with HIV), Janet Butler-McPhee (HIV Legal Network), Nyasha Chingore-Munazvo (AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa), Kenechukwu Esom (United Nations Development Programme), Elie Georges Ballan (The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS – UNAIDS), Alfredo González (Hondureños Contra el SIDA), Julian Hows (HIV Justice Network), Deidre Johnson (Ending Criminalization of HIV and Overincarceration in Virginia Coalition), Cécile Kazatchkine (HIV Legal Network), Svitlana Moroz (Eurasian Women’s Network on AIDS), Immaculate Owomugisha Bazare (Uganda Network on Law Ethics and HIV/AIDS), Stephen Page (Nevada HIV Modernization Coalition), Cedric Pulliam (Ending Criminalization of HIV and Overincarceration in Virginia Coalition), Florence Riako Anam (Global Network of People Living with HIV), Mianko Ramaroson (The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS – UNAIDS), Demario Richardson (Missouri HIV Justice Coalition), Sean Strub (The Sero Project), and Alexandra Volgina (Global Network of People Living with HIV).

We would especially like to acknowledge the courage and commitment of the growing number of people living with HIV and allies around the world who are challenging laws, policies and practices that inappropriately regulate and punish people living with HIV. Without them, this report — and the victories reported herein — would not have been possible.

We gratefully acknowledge the financial contribution of the Robert Carr Fund to this report.

Advancing HIV Justice 3:
Growing the global movement against HIV criminalisation

English, French, Russian, Spanish: HJN, 2019

Advancing HIV Justice 3: Growing the global movement against HIV criminalisation provides a progress report of achievements and challenges in global advocacy against HIV criminalisation from 1st October 2015 to 31st December 2018.

It was written on behalf of HIV JUSTICE WORLDWIDE by the HIV Justice Network’s Senior Policy Analyst, Sally Cameron, with the exception of the Global overview, which was written by HIV Justice Network’s Global Co-ordinator, Edwin J Bernard, who also edited the report.

We would especially like to acknowledge the courage and commitment of the growing number of advocates around the world who are challenging laws, policies and practices that inappropriately regulate and punish people living with HIV. Without them, this report would not have been possible.

The entire report, and a four-page executive summary, is available in English, French, Russian and Spanish. 

 

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We gratefully acknowledge the financial contribution of the Robert Carr Fund to this report.

Advancing HIV Justice: 
A progress report of achievements and challenges in global advocacy against HIV criminalisation

Advancing HIV Justice: A progress report of achievements and challenges in global advocacy against HIV criminalisation was written by Edwin J Bernard and Sally Cameron on behalf of the Global Network of People Living with HIV (GNP+) and the HIV Justice Network.

Additional input was provided by: Andrew Doupe, Adam Garner, Julian Hows, and Martin Stolk (GNP+); Lucy Stackpool-Moore (IPPF); Sean Strub (Sero Project); and Patrick Eba and Nina Sun (UNAIDS).

We hope it will be useful for individuals and organisations working to end or mitigate the harm of HIV criminalisation around the world, as well for others with an interest in HIV and human rights issues.

We would especially like to acknowledge the tireless work of advocates around the world challenging laws, policies and practices that inappropriately regulate and punish people living with HIV, without whom this report would not have been possible.

We also gratefully acknowledge the financial contribution of UNAIDS.

Read Advancing HIV Justice below (click on the rectangle on the bottom right to view in full screen mode) or download the pdf (52 pages, 978KB) here.

 

Advancing HIV Justice 2:
Building momentum in global advocacy against HIV criminalisation

Advancing HIV Justice 2: Building momentum in global advocacy against HIV criminalisation was written by Edwin J Bernard and Sally Cameron on behalf of the HIV Justice Network and the Global Network of People Living with HIV (GNP+).

Additional input was provided by: Patrick Eba (UNAIDS), Julian Hows (GNP+), Cecile Kazatchkine (Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network), Rhon Reynolds (GNP+), Rebecca Schleifer (UNDP), and Sean Strub (Sero Project).

We gratefully acknowledge the financial contribution of UNDP to this report.