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Some countries have used the criminal law to prosecute people living with HIV who have – or are believed to have – put others at risk of acquiring HIV. Some countries’ laws criminalise people who do not disclose their HIV status to sexual partners as well as actual cases of HIV transmission.   

HIV & criminal law

Think Having HIV Is Not a Crime? Think Again

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Huffington Post
30 October 2012
HIV & criminal law

HIV non-disclosure and criminal law: Implications of recent Supreme Court of Canada decisions for people living with HIV

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Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
30 October 2012
HIV & criminal law

Accused was looking for love, not trying to kill sex partners with HIV, court hears

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Ottawa Citizen
30 October 2012
HIV & criminal law

Crime and Punishment: An International HIV Disclosure Dilemma

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TheBody.com
26 October 2012
HIV & criminal law

After the Supreme Court - picking up the pieces

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Positive Lite
26 October 2012
HIV & criminal law

HIV-positive accused guilty of only two lesser charges, defence argues

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Ottawa Citizen
25 October 2012
HIV & criminal law

HIV and disclosure: How the Supreme Court of Canada got it wrong

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Toronto Star
23 October 2012
HIV & criminal law

UK: Man faces jail for infecting lover with HIV

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Shields Gazette
22 October 2012
HIV & criminal law

Viral load will be no defence against prosecution for HIV exposure or transmission in Norway

News
20 October 2012
HIV & criminal law

Canadians Living with HIV: 'We are not criminals'

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Monday Magazine
19 October 2012
HIV & criminal law

North Shields photographer infected woman with HIV, court told

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Newcastle Evening Chronicle
17 October 2012
HIV & criminal law

Rulings on HIV non-disclosure raise concerns

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The Lawyers Weekly
15 October 2012
HIV & criminal law

“Bug chasing” HIV positive man used his “toxicity” to try to kill sex partners

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Ottawa Citizen
12 October 2012
HIV & criminal law

Top court decision on HIV disclosure will be major issue in Ottawa attempted murder trial, lawyer says

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Ottowa Citizen
10 October 2012
HIV & criminal law

Sweden: Majority of MPs want to reform HIV disclosure obligation and 'HIV exposure' criminal liability

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HIV Justice Network
9 October 2012
HIV & criminal law

Supreme Court decisions increase risk of violence, coercion & criminalization against women with HIV

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AIDS Action Now
8 October 2012
HIV & criminal law

Supreme Court of Canada rules that condoms alone do not prevent a 'realistic possibility' of HIV transmission

News
8 October 2012
HIV & criminal law

Unjust Supreme Court Ruling on Criminalization of HIV Major Step Backwards for Public Health and Human Rights

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Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
5 October 2012
HIV & criminal law

HIV disclosure can be waived under certain conditions: top court

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Globe & Mail
5 October 2012
HIV & criminal law

Spitting at cops doesn't lead to diseases, judge says

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CBC
2 October 2012
Taking an HIV test

Canada: Protecting your privacy around HIV

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Xtra
28 September 2012
HIV & criminal law

AIDS groups go after Ontario attorney general

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Xtra
20 September 2012
Experiences of stigma

Man kills girlfriend for revealing she was HIV positive

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USA Today
11 September 2012
HIV & criminal law

Maryland man faces rarely used HIV transmission charges

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The Washington Post
10 September 2012