The National Resource Center on HIV, Infectious Disease, Sexual Health and Identity

A collection of more than 1, 000 legal resources to support and increase the advocacy power and expertise of attorneys, community members, service providers, and all people living with HIV.

This database of materials on topics of importance to people living with HIV and their advocates includes quality memoranda, research, reports, legal and medical guides, court and agency decisions, pleadings and briefs, policy analyses, and recommendations. CHLP summarizes and analyzes every document we post so that you can quickly determine whether that resource is relevant to your needs.

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Court and Agency Decisions and Orders (including case law)

Matter of Anthony (Board of Immigration Appeals 2013)

In Matter of Anthony, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) reversed an immigration judge's ruling denying a Jamaican gay immigrant's application for protection under the U.N. Convention Against Torture (CAT).
Research and Journal Articles

“Notify Your Partners – It’s the Law”: HIV Providers and Mandatory Disclosure, Bronwen Lichtenstein, PhD, Kathryn Whetten, PhD, and Casey Rubenstein, MSW, Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (2013)

This study examines HIV counseling practices in Alabama and North Carolina – states with different HIV control laws but similar HIV epidemiology.
Research and Journal Articles

Public Health Consequences of State Immigration Laws, Vivianne R. Aponte-Rivera, MD and Boadie W. Dunlop, MD, Southern Medical Association (2011)

This article discusses Georgia’s anti-immigrant law, the Illegal Immigration Reform and Enforcement Act of 2011, which targets not only undocumented persons, but also individuals who may be considered as helping an undocumented immigrant avoid detection by immigration authorities.
Research and Journal Articles

HIV Discrimination in Dental Care: Results of a Testing Study in Los Angeles County, Brad Sears, Christian Cooper, Fariba S. Younai, and Tom Donohoe, 45 Loy. L.A. L. Rev. 909 (2012)

Pervasive discrimination against people living with HIV persists in the health care field in violation of state and federal law.

Fact Sheet

La Criminalización del VIH: ¿Está usted en riesgo?, Tarjeta Informativa, Proyecto de Justicia Positiva (2013)

Compilations of Laws and Cases

State Policies in Brief: Minors' Access to STI Services, the Guttmacher Institute, 2013

 
Compilations of Laws and Cases

State Policies in Brief: Minors' Access to Contraceptive Services, the Guttmacher Institute, 2013

 
Court and Agency Decisions and Orders (including case law)

Rhoades v. Iowa, 840 N.W.2d. 726 (Iowa Ct. App. 2013)

On October 2, 2013, the Iowa Court of Appeals issued a decision in Rhoades v. Iowa, a case involving Nick Rhoades, a gay man living with HIV who was charged with criminal transmission of HIV. On his trial lawyers' advice, Rhoades pled guilty.

Court and Agency Decisions and Orders (including case law)

United States v. South Carolina Department of Corrections, No. 13-CV-2664 (D.S.C.) CONSENT DECREE

In this case, the federal government filed a lawsuit against the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) and the Director of the SCDC alleging discrimination against inmates living with HIV in violation of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 . . .
Pleadings and Briefs

United States v. South Carolina Department of Corrections, No. 13-CV-2664 (D.S.C.)

In this case, the federal government filed a lawsuit against the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) and the Director of the SCDC alleging discrimination against inmates living with HIV in violation of Title II of the Americans wit

Letters and Other Advocacy Documents

Correctional Facilities as Partners in Reducing HIV Disparities, Josiah D. Rich, MD, MPH, et al. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (2013)

This journal article reviews statistical trends related to incarceration, HIV prevalence, and access to quality healthcare across various demographics (age, gender, race/ethnicity).

Research and Journal Articles

Only Your Calamity: The Beginnings of Activism by and for People with AIDS, Joe Wright, MD, American Journal of Public Health (2013)

This journal article discusses the origins and progression of HIV/AIDS activism in the United States in the 1980s.

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