CHLP Legal Director, Iván Espinoza-Madrigal will be speaking in the "Employment Discrimination Claims Based on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, or HIV Status" webinar on Wednesday, May 29, 1:00pm-2:30pm EDT. 

The Center for HIV Law and Policy (CHLP) has updated two resources that could be helpful to HIV anti-discrimination advocates and attorneys representing PLWH.

This new toolkit has everything you need to get your member of Congress to become a REPEAL Act co-sponsor.

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) was joined by Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) to introduce H.R. 1843, the Repeal Existing Policies that Encourage and Allow Legal (REPEAL) HIV Discrimination Act. The REPEAL Act expresses the sense of Congress that federal and state laws, policies, and regulations should not place a unique or additional burden on individuals solely as a result of their HIV status.

CHLP's Adrian Guzman Testifies on NYC Administration for Children's Services Close to Home Draft Plan on Limited Secure Placement 

Rashida Richardson of CHLP and PJP member Athena Moore of NBLCA will present "Women, HIV and Criminal Law: What Can You Do?" at the Iris House 8th Annual Women as the Face of AIDS Summit.

HIV Criminalization, Immigration, and Domestic & Sexual Violence

Teen SENSE, in collaboration with the Hetrick-Martin Institute: Newark, is sponsoring three community roundtable events for youth and advocates to share their experiences.  Tuesday, April 2, 2013 from 4:30pm – 5:30pm; Thursday, April 4, 2013 from 3:30pm – 5:30pm and Friday, April 5, 2013 from 4:30pm – 5:30pm.  For more information or to RSVP, contact Adrian Guzman at 212-430-6733 or aguzman@hivlawandpolicy.org

The Center for HIV Law and Policy (CHLP), the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE) and the American Association of Prosecuting Attorneys (AAPA) have published a fact sheet that they hope will bring law enforcement officers up to speed on the real risks of HIV from possible exposure to the bodily fluids of those they police.

 The Positive Justice Project, in collaboration with the ACLU of Michigan, AIDS Partnership Michigan, The National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS, Serra Services PLLC and several other local advocates, will host a Community Roundtable on HIV Criminalization in Michigan on Tuesday, April 23, 2013 in the Lake Superior Room of the Library of Michigan (207 West Kalamazoo Street, Lansing, MI 48915). 

CHLP staff attorney Rashida Richardson will be a panelist at the College of Staten Island's "Careers in Activism, Advocacy & Evolving Politics on HIV/AIDS." 

Young women in a program focused on contraception access, sexual health capacity, and leadership-building were using contraceptives and safer sexual practices long after graduation.

Created for criminal defense attorneys, this one-of-a-kind toolkit will arm advocates of all kinds looking for the law and facts to fight against HIV criminalization.

The HIV Prevention Justice Alliance (HIV PJA), a Positive Justice Project member organization, ran a wildly successful outreach campaign that expanded community awareness of the PJP campaign against HIV criminalization, and resulted in hundreds of new endorsements of the PJP Consensus Statement on HIV Criminalization in the United States. 

HIV PJA will host a campaign briefing call about the work the organization does as part of the Positive Justice Project. 

A study conducted in Ottawa, Canada, found that nondisclosure prosecutions do likely undermine HIV prevention efforts.

The Positive Justice Project, in collaboration with the Tennessee AIDS Advocacy Network (TAAN) and Tennessee Association of People With AIDS (TAPWA), will host a Community Roundtable on HIV Criminalization in Tennessee on March 20, 2013 at Nashville Cares (633 Thompson Lane, Nashville, TN 37204). The Positive Justice Project will also present at the Tennessee Department of Health- HIV/STD Program state-wide meeting on March 21st. 

The Policy Committee of the HIV Health & Human Services Planning Council invited the Positive Justice Project (PJP) to present on issues related to HIV criminalization at the Committee's January 2013 meeting at AIDS Service Center in Lower Manhattan

The United Nations NGO Committee on HIV/AIDS will hold a panel discussion on HIV-related issues during the 51st Session of the Commission on Social Development. The event, "Empowering People Living with HIV by Eliminating Stigma and Discrimination" aligns with the Session's priority theme of promoting empowerment by achieving poverty eradication, social integration, and full employment and decent work for all.

A Statement authored by Adrian Guzman of the Center for HIV Law and Policy, in his capacity as member of UN NGO Committee on HIV/AIDS, has been accepted for publication by the 57th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women.