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The Center for HIV Law and Policy (CHLP) has filed complaints with the U.S. Department of Justice on behalf of people living with HIV in Ohio and Tennessee who have been prosecuted or are at risk of prosecution under criminal laws that single out HIV for uniquely punitive treatment. The complaints allege that these laws violate federal laws prohibiting disability-based discrimination.

On January 11, 2022, New Jersey legislators voted to repeal the state’s HIV-specific felony law but left the door wide open for felony prosecutions to continue without requiring transmission to occur.

The Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) convened the 72nd full council meeting on Monday, November 15, and Wednesday, November 17, 2021, during the public comment period, CHLP’s Amir Sadeghi testified on molecular HIV surveillance.

CHLP is one of 90+ organizations endorsing the "CCD Rights and Allies" sign-on letter that the Bazelon Center drafted and that was sent on Monday, December 6, 2021 to all Senate offices urging Senators to recommend candidates living with disabilities for judicial nominations.

This year for World AIDS Day, we mark 40 years since the beginning of the epidemic in the United States.

CVS has agreed to withdraw its cert petition for US Supreme Court review in CVS v. Doe, thanks to persistent advocacy led by leaders in the Disability Rights Bar Association and the disability justice movement.

Today, the Attorney General of New Jersey took an important step towards decriminalizing sexual activity by people living with PLHIV, announcing guidance to state prosecutors regarding the enforcement of New Jersey's HIV criminal law, which outlaws the sexual relationships of PLHIV.