Background to prosecution and the law
Published by the Terrence Higgins Trust, these pages gives you information on what you should do if you’ve been accused of HIV or sexually transmitted infection transmission, along with the names and coordinates of organisations who can help support you in the United Kingdom and background information on prosecution and the law.
The section covers:
- How the law works.
- When prosecutions succeed.
- When prosecutions fail.
- How do you prove it?
- I've been accused.
- I want to complain.
- I've been asked to be a witness.
- Views on prosecutions.
OptTEST Tip sheet 7 – How and where do I find evidence for a change in policy?
Explores how to change existing policy by presenting clear and understandable evidence to support advocacy.
OptTEST Tip sheet 12 – What can we do when politicians ignore the evidence?
Examples of strategies to resist or challenge poor decision making.
HIV Is not a Crime – Modernize Nevada’s HIV Criminal Laws
Talking points to help activists advocating against Nevada's HIV Criminal Laws.
Conflicting messages: How criminal HIV disclosure laws undermine public health efforts to control the spread of HIV
Demonstrates how HIV disclosure laws disregard the effectiveness of universal precautions and safer sex, while criminalizing activities that are central to harm reduction efforts. Argues that criminalization uses disclosure-based HIV transmission prevention strategy as an implicit alternative to risk reduction and safer sex, undermining public health efforts. Describes how criminal HIV disclosure laws work against public health efforts to reduce HIV stigma.