It may not take a village to have a community event that raisae awarenss and sparak action on HIV criminalization, but it helps to have a broad cast of characters -- local activists, advocates, HIV legal experts, publc defenders and community members -- engaged in the discussion.
Adrian Guzman of the Center for HIV Law and Policy was selected to serve a three-year term on the HIV Health & Human Services Planning Council of New York.
The State of Iowa submitted its response brief to the Supreme Court of Iowa in Nick Rhoades's 2012 appeal of the denial of his application for post-conviction relief.
Canada's Supreme Court rules that not disclosing one's HIV positive status is not always a crime, but hinges culpability on health status and condom use; consent isn't part of the equation.
Catherine Hanssens, Executive Director of CHLP, will participate in a plenary session titled "HIV Criminalization: How Big, How Bad and How to End It" on Friday, October 5th
Catherine Hanssens, Executive Director of CHLP, along with Oscar Mairena of NASTAD, Lisa Bediako from CBCF, Kali Lindsay from NMAC and Brook Kelly from WORLD will present on HIV criminalization at the USCA in Las Vegas on Tuesday, October 2nd.
Minnesota's communcable disease statute doesn't reflect an intention to stop the spread of HIV and other diseases during "informed sexual penetration." And so Daniel Rick, who informed his partner of his HIV status prior to unprotectd insertive anal intercourse, is acquitted.
The American Independent is interested in hearing from people who recently have experienced harassment or other types of discrimination based on HIV status (and other people's ignorance about it).
The HIV Medicine Association has endorsed the Positive Justice Project (PJP)'s Consensus Statement on the Criminalization of HIV in the United States. The HIVMA is a policy advocacy organization of medical professionals who are engaged in HIV-related health care in the United States.