The Fine Print Blog

May 23, 2016

CHLP Attends HIV Is Not A Crime National Training Conference (2016)

 
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May 10, 2016

Catherine Hanssens to speak at International Association of Providers of AIDS Care 2016 International Conference on Wednesday, May 11

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May 3, 2016

Elton John AIDS Foundation Calls on State and Federal Governments to Stop Criminalizing HIV

Elton John AIDS Foundation, a major funder of CHLP's Positive Justice Project, call for an end to laws that criminalize HIV.
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April 28, 2016

When Sex is a Crime and Spit is a Dangerous Weapon: A Teleconference on HIV Criminal Laws (2016)

CHLP, The American Bar Association AIDS Coordinating Committee and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers held a teleconference on Thursday, May 5 on HIV criminal law for criminal defense lawyers, service providers in the legal, medical and social work communities and people living with HIV. Audio of the teleconference is now available.
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April 25, 2016

Forum this Friday, April 29: Addressing the Legal and Human Rights Needs of Youth Living with HIV at JHU-CFAR

Upcoming Symposium. Addressing the Legal and Human Rights Needs of Youth at Risk for and Living with HIV an Adolescent & Young Adult Scientific Working Group Symposium hosted by The Center for AIDS Research at Johns Hopkins University featuring CHLP Executive Director Catherine Hanssens and Chris Beyrer, Rob Garofalo, Gabrield Maldonado and Darnell Moore. Register Today!
February 12, 2016

Reckless Disregard for the Facts: Ohio Judge Says HIV Nondisclosure and Transmission is Worse Than Assault With a Deadly Weapon

Catherine Hanssens
Founder/Executive Director
The collateral consequences of HIV stigma can last a lifetime.
February 9, 2016

HIV Stigma as a Public Health Issue: Increasing Employment Opportunities for those Living with HIV

Allison Nichol
Co-Director, CHLP
CHLP Co-Director Allison Nichol blogs about two important new publications from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that serve as guides to the rights of people living with HIV in an employment context.
November 2, 2015

New Research Examines Attitudes About HIV and Support for HIV Criminal Laws Among Alabama Convicted Offenders (2015)

Catherine Hanssens
Executive Director/Founder, CHLP
Brad Barber and Bronwen Lichtenstein's new article, Support for HIV Testing and HIV Criminalization Among Offenders Under Community Supervision, is the first research of its kind to investigate possible links between HIV criminalization and barriers to HIV prevention and care among convicted offenders.
September 23, 2015

Criminal Justice Working Group Addressing Systemic Criminalization, Discrimination of LGBT People and People Living with HIV

The LGBT/HIV Criminal Justice Working Group (Working Group) is an advocacy coalition of over 30 organizations committed to addressing the grave inequalities and human rights violations faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and people living with HIV.
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August 18, 2015

HIV and Medical Forms: To Disclose Or Not To Disclose?

Catherine Hanssens
Executive Director, CHLP
The Legal Action Center's new blog starts with a helpful piece on when and how people living with HIV should disclose their status on medical forms.