CHLP publishes a diverse range of materials from fact sheets and advocacy documents to legal briefs, guides, and reports.
This chart summarizes restrictions that a person with a criminal record may encounter when seeking affordable housing through programs such as Section 8 or HOPWA .The chart also highlights some of the consequences in federal housing policy for people who are convicted of criminal charges while li
Much of the discrimination that PLWH experience -- from the workplace to the many criminal laws that target them -- is based on a gross misunderstanding of the actual routes and statistical likelihood of HIV transmission.
H.R. 1843, the Repeal Existing Policies that Encourage and Allow Legal (REPEAL) HIV Discrimination Act, was introduced on May 7, 2013 by U.S. Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) and Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.). S.1790 was introduced on December 10, 2013 by U.S.
This plan describes the New York City Administration for Children's Services (ACS) proposed implementation of the Close to Home juvenile justice reform initiative.
The Center for HIV Law and Policy (CHLP) submitted this testimony on July 5, 2012 to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Commission on GLBT Youth (the Commission), Per the Commission's request for public comments on the opportunities and challenges facing LGBTQ youth in the Commonwealth.
Every year people with HIV are the subject of felony criminal charges ranging from aggravated assault to intentional HIV transmission following police encounters in which defendants are accused of spitting at or biting police or corrections officers.
The Legal Toolkit was created primarily as a go-to resource for lawyers representing people living with HIV who are facing criminal prosecution based on HIV status. However, other advocates are likely to find the Legal Toolkit useful.
A basic checklist to guide legal advocates representing an HIV-positive client in a criminal HIV exposure case.
