Decriminalisation and the end of AIDS: keep the promise, follow the science, and fulfill human rights
A statement from the UNAIDS Reference Group on HIV and Human Rights stating that criminal laws violate a variety of human rights, including the rights to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, non-discrimination, privacy, autonomy, dignity, freedom of expression, freedom from arbitrary detention, and ultimately the right to life, among others and calls for States to take proactive measures to end such practices and abolish the underlying criminalisation.
Report on the ARASA/OSISA civil society consultative meeting on the criminalization of the wilful transmission of HIV
Outlines discussions at a community consultative meeting on HIV criminalisation attended by members of civil society from a range of countries within the Southern African Development Community (SADC). The meeting considered different perspectives on criminalisation, aiming to reach consensus on what constitutes an appropriate and effective response to harmful HIV-related behaviour.