Enforcement of HIV Criminalization in Michigan
Using data obtained from the Criminal History Record database maintained by the Michigan State Police Criminal Justice Information Center, this study examines the enforcement of HIV nondisclosure laws from 1991 to 2024.
Infant Feeding for Persons Living With and at Risk for HIV in the United States: Clinical Report
The AAP recommends that for people with HIV in the United States, replacement feeding (with formula or certified, banked donor human milk) is the only option that is 100% certain to prevent postnatal transmission of HIV. However, pediatric health care professionals should be prepared to provide infant feeding counseling and a family-centered, culturally sensitive, harm reduction approach for people with HIV on ART with sustained viral suppression who desire to breastfeed.
Views from the front lines: Breastfeeding and HIV transmission
CATIE talked to three people with expertise in this area and asked them to share their perspectives and experience related to the supports that parents with HIV need in order to make decisions around infant feeding and the challenges they experience related to breastfeeding.
Decriminalising HIV – Recommendations for Legislators
Based on the research, studies and consultations that informed the report Decriminalising HIV: Strategies and best practice for legislators, The Global Equalities Caucus has identified several common themes across different regions and contexts and proposes 10 recommendations for legislators working to decriminalise HIV.
OptTest Fiche conseil 8 – Comment créer des partenariats entre la communauté, les médecins et la santé publique ?
Des conseils sur la manière de gérer les partenariats et de favoriser leur croissance en définissant les objectifs, les participants et la logistique.
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Criminalizing Contagion: Legal and Ethical Challenges of Disease Transmission and The Criminal Law Summary of Key Findings and Outputs (Nov 2014)
This seminar series1 addressed a series of questions and brought together experts from a range of disciplines to answer them. This document summarises the arguments of each of the papers presented over the course of this seminar series, gives details of outputs connected to it, and also provides information on how and by whom we anticipate findings being used.
Déclaration d’expert dans l’affaire E.L. sur l’impact des lois appliquées pour criminaliser la transmission ou l’exposition au VIH
Déclaration sous serment fournie à la Haute Cour par Michaela Clayton, une avocate spécialisée dans les droits de l'homme et possédant une grande expertise en matière de VIH/SIDA et de droits de l'homme, concluant que, selon son avis d'expert, la criminalisation du VIH n'est pas susceptible de prévenir les nouvelles infections ou de réduire la vulnérabilité des femmes au VIH, mais pourrait en fait nuire aux femmes plutôt que de les aider, et pourrait également avoir un impact négatif sur la santé publique et les droits de l'homme.
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A Litigation Guide on Crimes of Sex Working and Homosexuality
This an English Summary of the book “A Litigation Guide on Crimes of Sex Working and Homosexuality (Prostitution and Debauchery) “. The book aims to provide a litigation guide and a legal overview of principles and procedures to legal advocates and whoever wishes to know more about “prostitution” or “debauchery” crimes under Egyptian law.
Recommandations de l’ONUSIDA concernant la modification de certains articles problématiques de la loi de N’Djamena sur le VIH (2004)
Dans ce document, ONUSIDA propose une formulation différente de certaines dispositions de la loi de N’Djamena (loi portant sur la protection des droits des personnes vivant avec le VIH). Une de ces propositions concerne la criminalisation de la transmission du VIH (articles 1 et 36).
Revue de l’environnement législatif et réglementaire lié au VIH/Sida au Maroc
Analyse l’impact positif ou négatif des lois et de leurs pratiques d'application sur la riposte au VIH avec une section dédiée a la criminalisation de la transmission du VIH (p37.) Avise que le recours au droit pénal en matière de VIH ne constitue pas l’approche idéale en matière de lutte contre le VIH.
Fast Track and Human Rights – Advancing human rights in efforts to accelerate the response to HIV
Spells out for the first time (on p23) that there must be “Non-criminalization of mother-to-child transmission” when a country applies for validation for the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV. This marks the first time in public health history that human rights guarantees are considered a prerequisite to validating disease elimination.
Criminalisation of HIV Non-Disclosure, Exposure and Transmission: Scientific, Medical, Legal and Human Rights Issues
This paper was commissioned by the UNAIDS Secretariat to serve as a background paper for the Expert Meeting on Criminalisation of HIV Non-Disclosure, Exposure and Transmission, 31 August – 2 September 2011, Geneva, Switzerland. It synthesises general considerations concerning issues raised by the application of the criminal law to non-disclosure, exposure or transmission in relation to HIV Scientific, Medical, Legal and Human Rights Issues.
Criminalisation of HIV Non-Disclosure, Exposure and Transmission: Background and Current Landscape
This paper was commissioned by the UNAIDS Secretariat to serve as a background paper for the Expert Meeting on Criminalisation of HIV Non-Disclosure, Exposure and Transmission, 31 August – 2 September 2011, Geneva, Switzerland.
Removing legal barriers to treatment: Legal training on health and human rights
On 27-29 June 2016, the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) hosted a regional training meeting for African lawyers on “Removing legal barriers to treatment: Legal training on health and human rights” in Johannesburg, South Africa. A large amount of resources relating to the training can be found here, including judgements relating to HIV criminalisation in Africa.
A Legal Toolkit: Resources for Attorneys Handling HIV-Related Prosecutions
This toolkit produced by the Center for HIV Law and Policy (CHLP) for the Positive Justice Project in 2013, provides multiple resources (including case law, legal analysis and scientific data) for lawyers representing people facing HIV criminalisation, and other advocates.
Judging the epidemic: A judicial handbook on HIV, human rights and the law
Prepared as a resource to help judges, magistrates, arbitrators and other judicial officers throughout the world adjudicate cases involving HIV-related issues. Based on international legal and human rights standards, the handbook contains examples of decided cases from different jurisdictions, good-practice advice and judicial rulings on HIV-related issues.
Police occupational health policies and blood borne virus training: protecting health?
Review of materials from 15 police constabularies found police practice was adversely influenced by numerous factual inaccuracies including routes of transmission, likelihood of infection, harms of infection, and need to segregate people in custody. Recommends review of police training materials and new training about HIV.
The East African Legislative Assembly passes the EAC HIV & AIDS Prevention and Management Bill
April 2012 passing of the HIV & AIDS Prevention bill by the East African Legislative Assembly (Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi). The bill offers a constructive alternative to the N’Djamena Model Laws promoting HIV criminalisation. The Bill followed strong actions by civil society including numerous stakeholder meetings of civil society and politicians.
Reform of Offences Against the Person
Recommends replacing the outdated Offences Against the Person Act 1861 with a modified version of a 1998 draft Bill. Includes a detailed discussion of submissions by 35 concerned stakeholders (at chapter six: ‘transmission of disease’) .
Des lois efficaces pour en finir avec le VIH et le sida : agir au Parlement
Informe les parlementaires sur les types de lois susceptibles d’avoir des effets positifs ou négatifs sur la lutte contre le sida. Elle donne des exemples de législations qui, dans diverses parties du monde, ont permis de limiter efficacement la propagation du VIH, et tire les enseignements de l’expérience des parlementaires concernés. Le contenu de cette brochure va au dela de la criminalisation du VIH.
The Compendium of Judgments, HIV, Human Rights and the Law
Includes judgements from jurisdictions around the world, representing enabling jurisprudence on HIV-related issues, including judgements related to the criminalization of HIV transmission, exposure and non-disclosure.
Position Paper: The Need for New Charge Assessment Guidelines: HIV Non-Disclosure in British Columbia
Outlines different ways to address HIV non-disclosure: charge assessment guidelines, a public health approach, and prosecutorial guidelines. Provides recommendations.
The criminalization of HIV non-disclosure: Recommendations for police
Outlines the law and includes concrete recommendations for police that could be addressed in a general Best Practice Manual. Recommends the development of specific guidelines in relation to non-disclosure of HIV (and possibly other sexually transmitted infection) in consultation community stakeholders.