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HIV Criminalization in Indiana: Evaluation of Transmission Risk

Indiana has six laws that criminalize people living with HIV, spanning both the public health and criminal codes. This study evaluates whether these laws reflect current understandings of HIV science and criminalize conduct that poses negligible or no risk of transmitting HIV.

Supreme Court, Second Chamber, Criminal Division, Judgment 690/2019 of 11 Mar. 2020, Rec. 1807/2018

INJURY. Transmission of HIV in cases in which the infected person knew of his partner's disease. The complainant knew that her partner was a carrier of HIV, so having agreed to have sex with him, without any kind of prophylaxis, the transmission of the disease is not worthy of criminal reproach. External evidence of the disease that the complainant had to perceive, since she herself was diagnosed months later, and neither after this diagnosis, nor when she denounced an alleged aggression, did she make any allusion to the contagion of the disease. In dubio pro reo. Self endangerment of the complainant herself.

The SC dismissed the appeal filed against the sentence of the AP Madrid and confirmed the conviction for the crime of aggravated injury due to HIV infection.

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Criminalisation of HIV Non-Disclosure, Exposure and Transmission: Background and Current Landscape

This paper was commissioned by the UNAIDS Secretariat to serve as a background paper for the Expert Meeting on Criminalisation of HIV Non-Disclosure, Exposure and Transmission, 31 August – 2 September 2011, Geneva, Switzerland.

Мнение с последующими рекомендациями по криминализации передачи ВИЧ половым путем во Франции

Представляет оценку правовых, этических, социальных и медицинских вопросов, поднятых в ходе уголовных процессов, возбужденных во Франции за действия, связанные с передачей ВИЧ или подверганием риску передачи ВИЧ половым путем.

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

Police and Blood-Borne Viruses

Contains information about blood-borne viruses including how they are spread, how to protect against infection and what to do if there is a possible exposure. Written to provide information and guidance, it does not supersede policies and procedures of policing agencies.

HIV: A Guide for Police Forces. How to address HIV in police occupational health policies and blood-borne training, UK.

Includes information about how HIV is transmitted, what to do if exposed to HIV, how to respond to someone with HIV, and information about criminal prosecution for HIV transmission. Also has an easy-to-use check-list to ensure blood borne virus training and occupational health policies are fit for purpose and up-to-date. Endorsed by the British HIV Association.

Reform of Offences Against the Person

Recommends replacing the outdated Offences Against the Person Act 1861 with a modified version of a 1998 draft Bill. Includes a detailed discussion of submissions by 35 concerned stakeholders (at chapter six: ‘transmission of disease’) .

Case Analysis: Section 24 of the HIV and AIDS Prevention and Control Act Kenya: Reviewing AIDS Law Project v Attorney General and Another (2015)

Overview of the Kenya High Court’s ground-breaking decision that some terms in the HIV and AIDS Prevention and Control Act were too broadly defined and that Act contravened Kenya’s constitution.