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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

Australia: $750,000 payout for HIV infection

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Sydney Star-Observer
19 January 2011
HIV & criminal law

Criminal HIV Infections are Rarely Reported

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KSPR, Springfield, Missouri
18 January 2011
HIV & criminal law

Air Force court martials Kansas airman in sex case

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Associated Press
18 January 2011
HIV & criminal law

Quebec woman with undetectable viral load acquitted in HIV exposure case

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COCQ - SIDA / Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
14 January 2011
HIV & criminal law

Sex / Power / Law

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Jotwell
13 January 2011
HIV & criminal law

Dying inmate released from Broward prison to hospice

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Miami Herald
5 January 2011
HIV & criminal law

Family Pleads for Release from Prison of Dying HIV-Positive Woman

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RHrealitycheck.org
5 January 2011
HIV & criminal law

Assange 'rape' victims just wanted HIV test

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Daily Mail
20 December 2010
HIV & criminal law

Underreported: The Link Between Julian Assange and Sweden's Repressive HIV Law

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Housing Works
17 December 2010
Social & legal issues

Overseas Filipino workers in the UK raise concern over HIV test and criminalisation

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ABS CBN News
11 December 2010
HIV & criminal law

Switzerland: Government ignores expert recommendation to decriminalise non-intentional HIV exposure and transmission

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Criminal HIV Transmission
9 December 2010
HIV & criminal law

Swedish law behind rise in HIV cases: experts

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The Local
6 December 2010
HIV & criminal law

Kenya: Advisory note on Section 24 of the HIV & AIDS Prevention and Control Act 2006

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Kenya Legal & Ethical Issues Network on HIV & AIDS
6 December 2010
HIV & criminal law

Canada: Quebec gay man arrested, remanded in custody for non-disclosure prior to bareback orgy

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Criminal HIV Transmission
3 December 2010
HIV & criminal law

Two Reno men plead guilty to conspiracy to transmit HIV

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Reno Gazette-Journal
2 December 2010
HIV & criminal law

Free law clinic for people with HIV in London

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Birkbeck, University of London
2 December 2010
HIV & criminal law

Canada: vigilante posters against men 'purposely spreading HIV'

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Global Edmonton
29 November 2010
HIV & criminal law

Analysis fails to back HIV sex charges, court told

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ABC News
29 November 2010
Epidemiology

US: Southern policies fuel HIV epidemic

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Human Rights Watch
26 November 2010
HIV & criminal law

Ottawa police stand by HIV disclosure

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CBC News
20 November 2010
HIV & criminal law

High Court hearing on HIV birth case

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RTE
20 November 2010
HIV & criminal law

HIV assault suspect faces new charges

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CBC News
19 November 2010
HIV & criminal law

UGANDA: Sexual Crimes Go Unpunished

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Inter Press Service
17 November 2010
HIV & criminal law

I Am HIV Positive and I Don’t Blame Anybody — Including Myself

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Color Lines
12 November 2010