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CHLP Executive Director, Catherine Hanssens, one of 11 organizations and individuals to receive inaugural Alexander D. Forger award from the American Bar Association.

Press Conference at the International AIDS Conference 2012 in Washington, DC. Wednesday July 25, 10am, Press Conference Room 2.

The Positive Justice Project has issued a joint statement on the urgent need to modernize HIV criminal laws and prosecution policies. Original endorsers include U.S. Rep. Hansen Clarke of Michigan.

Thanking PJP for its hard work, Hansen pledges his support for the Consensus Statement and an end to HIV criminalization

Thirty-six members of the U.S. Congress signed a letter addressed to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder expressing their concern over HIV criminalization and calling for a review of laws and policies.

July 24 Panel and Reception at the Global Village at AIDS 2012, cosponsored by IPPF. Allison Nichol from US DOJ to participate.

Attorney Rashida Richardson and Program Manager Roohi Choudhry round out the CHLP team.

Following the decision by the New York Court of Appeals earlier this month that vacated his conviction for aggravated assault on the basis that his saliva was not a "dangerous instrument," David Plunkett was resentenced today and should be released within days.

New York, June 28, 2012 – The National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD), representing the nation's chief state health agency staff who administer HIV/AIDS and viral hepatitis healthcare, prevention, and related programs across the country, joined The Center for HIV Law and Policy and HIV Law Project in a friend-of-the-court brief in support of post-conviction relief for Nick Rhoades, an HIV-positive Iowan man sentenced to 25 years in prison and lifetime sex offender registration for consensual sex.

Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) continues to address HIV-related stigma and discrimination in this month's Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) newsletter, which highlights HIV criminalization.