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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.   

History of HIV & AIDS

The Crime of Being Positive: the development of HIV laws in the 1980s

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The Advocate
2 April 2013
HIV & criminal law

A Spectacle of Stigma: A First-hand Account of a Canadian Criminal HIV Exposure Trial

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AIDS Action Now
2 April 2013
HIV & criminal law

Law Enforcement and HIV Policy Groups Release Fact Sheet for Police on HIV Risks - “Spit Does Not Transmit”

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HIV Justice Network
2 April 2013
HIV & criminal law

Four Stories: The Effects of HIV Criminalization on Sex and Intimacy

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Advocate.com
2 April 2013
HIV & criminal law

HIV case headed to Minnesota Supreme Court draws national interest

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Minneapolis Star Tribune
2 April 2013
HIV & criminal law

Activist: Kansas HIV quarantine bill lets religious officials justify discrimination

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Raw Story
28 March 2013
HIV & criminal law

Kenya: Former Aids Lobby Director Denies Fraud

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AllAfrica
28 March 2013
HIV & criminal law

Criminal jabs: ‘Healer’ heads to prison for HIV inoculations

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Swiss Info
22 March 2013
HIV & criminal law

Uganda assents to regional HIV/Aids Bill

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Africa Review
21 March 2013
HIV & criminal law

Greece: Last five HIV+ women arrested in police sweep operation released

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Union Solidarity International
20 March 2013
HIV & criminal law

Swiss police arrest "healer" accused of infecting 16 with HIV

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Reuters
18 March 2013
HIV & criminal law

Germany: National AIDS Council releases powerful policy statement on HIV criminalisation

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HIV Justice Network
14 March 2013
HIV & criminal law

US: New toolkit for lawyers defending HIV-related prosecutions now available

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HIV Justice Network
13 March 2013
HIV & criminal law

Proposal to Allow HIV Tests on Alleged Rapists in South Africa

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Poz magazine news
13 March 2013
Social & legal issues

Commonwealth Charter: What is the Queen signing today?

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International HIV/AIDS Alliance
12 March 2013
Confidentiality, consent & medical ethics

Michigan's HIV Testing Scandal

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CDC National Prevention Information Network
8 March 2013
Human rights

Uganda: Civil Society Opposed to Mandatory HIV Testing

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Allafrica.com
1 March 2013
HIV testing policies & guidelines

Uganda: Rights body opposes mandatory HIV testing

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New Vision
28 February 2013
HIV & criminal law

Bill Would Lower HIV Criminal Penalties in Iowa

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Poz magazine news
27 February 2013
TB transmission & prevention

MISSOURI: Senate Passes Bill to Increase Tuberculosis Screenings and Penalize Spreading the Disease

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CDC National Prevention Information Network
21 February 2013
Experiences of stigma

The Increasingly Strange Case of Uncle Poodle

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My Fabulous Disease
19 February 2013
HIV & criminal law

No trial after all! Case against Norwegian prosecuted for HIV exposure via oral sex thrown out

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Blogspot
14 February 2013
HIV & criminal law

UK: Updated guidance on HIV transmission, the law and the work of the clinical team now published

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HIV Justice Network
13 February 2013
HIV & criminal law

President’s AIDS council calls on feds and states to repeal HIV criminalization laws

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The Raw Story
12 February 2013