Regional HIV Criminalisation Report: Asia
This report produced by GNP+ on behalf of HIV JUSTICE WORLDWIDE provides an update on HIV criminalization in the legal environment and documents HIV criminalization prosecutions in the Asia region.
Advancing HIV justice 4: Understanding Commonalities, Seizing Opportunities
Provides a progress report of achievements and challenges in global advocacy against HIV criminalisation from 1st January 2019 to 31st December 2021.
HIV criminalisation laws around the world
HIV criminalisation is a global phenomenon, with problematic legislation in every region of the world. Countries criminalise people with HIV for transmission, exposure and/or non-disclosure of HIV status. This page provides a brief overview with global examples and a link to more detailed and up-to-date information by country.
Evaluating The Impact of Criminal Laws On HIV Risk Behavior
This article reports on the characteristics and prevalence of HIV-specific criminal exposure and transmission laws, and the enforcement of those laws through prosecutions during the period 1986-2001. It also examines the possible mechanisms through which criminal law influences behavior and considers how these might apply to the specific laws described.
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.




