Check – Rise and Decriminalise
In this issue of Check, you will find information about drug laws in the region, the spectrum of drug policy, what are alternatives to punishment for drug crimes and what is not, interviews with leaders of the Rise & Decriminalize movement, and other stories about drug policy in the region. The Rise & Decriminalize Movement unites 5 regional networks – ECOM, EHRA, ENPUD, EWNA & SWAN – and is tailored to commonly advocate for the rights of vulnerable populations, including LGBTQI+, people who use drugs, women living with HIV, and sex workers.
Does U=U for breastfeeding mothers and infants? Breastfeeding by mothers on effective treatment for HIV infection in high-income settings (2018)
Can the campaign Undetectable=Untransmittable (U=U), established for the sexual transmission of HIV, be applied to the transmission of HIV through breastfeeding? A group of global experts propose a roadmap for collaborative research to provide the missing evidence required to enable mothers who wish to breastfeed to make a fully informed choice.
The Intersection of Sex Work and HIV Criminalization: An Advocate’s Toolkit
This 2017 toolkit from The Center for HIV Law and Policy (CHLP) and the National LGBTQ Task Force highlights intersections between the criminalisation of sex work and HIV, noting both disproportionately affect people from marginalised communities. Urges the building of stronger linkages across HIV criminalisation and sex work movements, and provides tips to make advocacy more inclusive, effective, collaborative and transformative.
The East African Legislative Assembly passes the EAC HIV & AIDS Prevention and Management Bill
April 2012 passing of the HIV & AIDS Prevention bill by the East African Legislative Assembly (Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi). The bill offers a constructive alternative to the N’Djamena Model Laws promoting HIV criminalisation. The Bill followed strong actions by civil society including numerous stakeholder meetings of civil society and politicians.
Who? What? Where? When? And with what consequences?: An analysis of criminal cases of HIV non-disclosure in Canada
Explores the evolution of the criminalization of HIV non-disclosure in Canada, focusing on “criminalization creep”: increasing numbers of people being charged with increasingly severe crimes.
U.S. HIV Laws and Prosecutorial Tools, CHLP (updated 2022)
This chart from the Center for HIV Law and Policy, developed in 2013 and last updated in 2022, details each U.S. state’s HIV-specific laws in relation to various areas including spitting, biting, sharing needles, sex, and sex work, as well as HIV-specific sentence enhancement.