Decriminalizing Disease: A Health Justice Approach to Infectious Diseases and Criminal Law
This Article seeks to re-frame the discussion around the legal framework for infectious diseases in a way that moves beyond a punishment mindset and toward a health justice mindset. The focus in this Article is on health justice rather than traditional understandings of public health, defined as the science and practice of improving the health of people and their communities.
It argues that health justice, when applied to infectious diseases, requires decriminalisation. Health justice aligns with the abolitionist project to dismantle carceral practices and implement non-carceral approaches
Полиция, правоохранительные органы и ВИЧ
Специальный выпуск JIAS, содержащий примеры того, как полиция и гражданское общество могут построить взаимное доверие и работать в партнерстве для обеспечения реализации безопасных, чувствительных и инклюзивных программ по ВИЧ.
Этот документ был переведен с языка оригинала с помощью DeepL Pro (технологии перевода на основе искусственного интеллекта), чтобы обеспечить доступ пользователей Академии правосудия по ВИЧ к большему объему контента. Мы отдаем себе отчет в ограниченных возможностях машинного перевода и не гарантируем точности переведенной версии документа
Women living with HIV in high-income settings and breastfeeding (2020)
A thorough review of policy guidance, science and practice in high income settings from Denmark. It concludes that "suppressive maternal ART significantly reduces, but does not eliminate, the risk of postnatal transmission of HIV through breastfeeding. However, it is important to recognize and acknowledge that some women living with HIV may wish to breastfeed their infant, in which both the healthcare providers and the women need evidence-based information about the risks and benefits to enable an informed decision."
Constructing an “HIV-Killer”: HIV Non-Disclosure and the Techniques of Vilification
An analysis of the notorious Canadian criminal case of Johnson Aziga. The article outlines five key ways that people living with HIV who do not disclose their status to a sexual partner are characterised as dangerous by both the criminal justice system and the media.
Factum of the Interveners at the Supreme Court of Canada: R v. Mabior and R v. D.C.
Questions whether the offence of aggravated sexual assault can and should be established for HIV non-disclosure in circumstances where, in the Interveners’ submission, there is no “significant risk” of transmission because of factors that dramatically reduce that risk, such as the use of condoms or an undetectable or low viral load