Decriminalising HIV: Strategies and best practice for legislators
This report from the Global Equality Caucus collates expert insight and best practice examples on HIV criminal law reform. In a series of case studies from around the world, where some of the Global Equality Caucus’s members have led reform efforts, the report identifies several key lessons, takeaways and overarching themes for legislators to consider.
Women’s Leadership in issues of decriminalization: Experience of the EECA region
The compendium brings together research from the women's community, examples of documented personal stories and court cases. All the collected materials demonstrate how criminalisation of HIV is a global problem and how it is linked to gender-based violence. Experts believe that criminalising laws do not protect against HIV infection, but only make women worse off in society.
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Роль СМИ в прекращении криминализации ВИЧ – Инструментарий для СМИ 2021-2023 гг.
Цель данного инструментария для СМИ - помочь журналистам и правозащитникам в сфере здравоохранения понять криминализацию ВИЧ в Зимбабве и адекватно взаимодействовать с различными аспектами аргументов и точек зрения по данному вопросу. Журналисты и адвокаты являются ключевыми участниками процесса продвижения целей общественного здравоохранения и продвижения прав и свобод тех, кто инфицирован и затронут ВИЧ.
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Expert meeting on the scientific, medical, legal and human rights aspects of criminalisation of HIV non-disclosure, exposure and transmission
This report contains the views, opinions and suggestions for policy orientation and formulation of the participants at an expert meeting (convened on 31 August–2 September 2011 in Geneva, Switzerland) that brought together scientists, medical practitioners and legal experts in order (i) to consider the latest scientific and medical facts about HIV that should be taken into account in the context of criminalisation, and (ii) to explore how to best address issues of harm, risk, intent and proof—including alternative responses to criminalisation—in light of this science and medicine.
Consent: HIV non-disclosure and sexual assault law
In their own words, eight women — leading feminist scholars, attorneys and women living with HIV — shine a light on the problems of using sexual assault law to prosecute alleged non-disclosure of HIV. Does the legal concept of consent, intended to protect women’s sexual autonomy, in fact increase their risk of violence and discrimination when used to criminalize HIV?
Disparate risks of conviction under Michigan’s felony HIV disclosure law: An observational analysis of convictions and HIV diagnosis, 1992-2010
Found uneven application of HIV criminalization laws in the state of Michigan, with black men and white women having a comparatively greater risk of conviction than white men or black women. White women had the highest conviction rate of any group analysed, suggesting they may face a particular burden under these laws. Many of the white women convicted were especially disadvantaged by issues such as poor mental health, substance abuse and homelessness.
Resolution Opposing HIV Criminalization
Outlines APA’s opposition to HIV criminalization, and makes a number of recommendations including law reform.