Regional HIV Criminalisation Report – Eastern Europe and Central Asia
This report analyzes the current legal environment in regards to HIV criminalization in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, focusing on reviews of 7 countries: Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine and Uzbekistan, and performs a more limited review on 2 more countries Tajikistan and Estonia.
Eliminating HIV transmission through breast milk from women taking antiretroviral drugs (2021)
Ameena Goga and colleagues argue that frequent testing of maternal viral load is needed to eliminate HIV transmission through breast milk in low and middle income settings.
CSTE Recommendations for Modernization of Laws to Prevent HIV Criminalization
In October 2020, Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists' Executive Board unanimously approved an interim position statement presenting their recommendations for Modernisation of Laws to Prevent HIV Criminalisation. CSTE strongly opposes any criminalization of HIV exposure or transmission and recommends that all states, U.S. territories, and local jurisdictions eliminate HIV-specific statutes that criminalise HIV, eliminate prosecution of HIV under general statutes and change relevant state and local statutes to specifically prohibit the use of HIV-related, public health data for uses outside of public health purposes.
Report on assessment of the legal environment for HIV and AIDS in Lesotho
Designed to help governments and civil society review laws and policies based on human rights, and increase capacity to achieve enabling legal environments. Includes recommendations on criminalisation at p.38.