Is the decision by the constitutional court of Uganda in UGANET & 2 others v. Attorney General in tandem with global decisions on criminalization of HIV/AIDS transmission?
On 8th November 2022 the Constitutional Court of Uganda handed down a decision that has been perceived as contrary to addressing inequalities and helping to end AIDS, as the provisions of the HIV and AIDS Prevention and Control Act, 2015 that were being challenged in the petition, perceived as discriminatory, criminalising HIV/AIDS transmission, among others, were maintained by the Court as being constitutional. ULS LEGAL INSIGHT analyses this petition and its implications on the global approaches to fight against criminalisation of HIV/AIDS transmission.
HIV Criminalization in the United States
Interactive tool looking at the impact of HIV criminal laws on people living with HIV in nine US states: California, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Nevada, Tennessee, Virginia.
HIV Criminalisation in the EU/EEA: a comparative 10 country report
In 2018-2019 the European HIV Legal Forum conducted a project on HIV-criminalization in 10 EU Member States (Austria, Czechia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Romania, and the United Kingdom). The project produced a comparative legal report based on legal survey launched in the 10 countries. One of the main findings of the project showed that regardless of scientific advance in understanding the risk of HIV infection, there is a gap between the scientific knowledge and the understanding of judges, prosecutors and police of the issue due to lack of trainings and national guidelines and media still plays an important but negative role in shaping the discussion around HIV-criminalisation thus sustaining and increasing the stigma against people living with HIV. The report also shows that HIV-criminalisation disproportionately affects key populations, women, people of colour, and the poor and homeless.
Mpofu/Mlilo vs State, Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe
Challenges Section 79 of the Zimbabwe Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act 23 of 2004, with the court deciding the provision was overly broad and unconstitutionally vague.