Enforcement of HIV Criminalisation in Ohio – Analysis of court cases from 2014 to 2020
Equality Ohio Education Fund (EOEF) and the Ohio Health Modernization Movement (OHMM) collaborated for over three years to for the first time gather data across all 88 counties in Ohio about the use of HIV Criminalisation laws and the consequences of HIV criminalization across Ohio. This effort, which is the first of its kind in Ohio, catalogs the criminal cases charged in Ohio from 2014-2020 under any of Ohio’s six statutes that criminalize or create penalty enhancements for people living with HIV.
Когда пути закона и науки расходятся: криминализация грудного вскармливания женщинами, живущими с ВИЧ
В данной публикации мы рассмотрим уголовное преследование за грудное вскармливание в контексте актуальных медицинских рекомендаций и культурных установок в отношении грудного вскармливания. Мы расскажем об уголовных делах, возбужденных против женщин, живущих с ВИЧ, за грудное вскармливание в разных странах мира, и о критериях обоснованного уголовного преследования. И, наконец, нами будут предложены рекомендации по достижению прогресса на пути декриминализации и устранения барьеров в доступе к профилактике, лечению и уходу в связи с ВИЧ.
Advancing HIV justice 4: Understanding Commonalities, Seizing Opportunities
Provides a progress report of achievements and challenges in global advocacy against HIV criminalisation from 1st January 2019 to 31st December 2021.
Криминализация ВИЧ как наказание за незащищенность
В данной статье рассматриваются связи между криминализацией ВИЧ и другими карательными законами и политикой, регулирующими телесную автономию, включая репродукцию, сексуальность и гендер.
Positive sexuality: HIV disclosure, gender, violence and the law—A qualitative study
Drawing on a feminist analytical framework and concepts of structural violence, this analysis sought to characterize the negotiation of sexual relationships and HIV disclosure among Women Living with HIV (WLWH) in a criminalized setting. Researchers conducted 64 qualitative interviews with cis and trans WLWH in Vancouver, Canada between 2015 and 2017. Despite frequently being represented as a law that ‘protects’ women, the study findings indicate that the criminalization of HIV non-disclosure constitutes a form of gendered structural violence that exacerbates risk for interpersonal violence among WLWH. In line with recommendations by, the WHO and UNAIDS these findings demonstrate the negative impacts of regulating HIV prevention through the use of criminal law for WLWH.
When Sex is a Crime and Spit is a Dangerous Weapon: A Snapshot of HIV Criminalization in the United States
Map by the Center for HIV Law and Policy showing details of U.S. states with HIV specific laws, HIV-related prosecutions, sentence enhancement provisions, and sex offender registration.
HIV Criminalization Laws and Policies Promote Discrimination and Must Be Reformed
States HIV criminalization laws and policies promote discrimination and hinder HIV prevention, care and treatment. Calls for law reform and education.