Questions the merits of a phylogentics article published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and warns against relying on its conclusions.
ARASA and SADC PF Human and Social Development and Special Programmes Regional Standing Committee Meeting on criminalisation of HIV exposure and transmission
Outlines the ARASA and SADC Parliamentary Forum, where parliamentarians from 11 African countries heard expert presentations and discussed HIV criminalisation.
‘The intention may not be cruel… but the impact may be’: understanding legislators’ motives and wider public attitudes to a draft HIV Bill in Malawi
Participatory Action Research undertaken during consideration of new HIV criminalisation laws in Malawi in 2010/11 indicated the proposed bill manifests a tension between intention and impact. By incorporating criminal sanctions as part of the proposed HIV bill, the lawmakers actively seek to use stigma to shape social attitudes and attempt to guide normative behaviour.
Missouri House Committee Holds Hearing on Bill which Criminalizes People Living with HIV
Testimony to Missouri House Committee on Civil and Criminal Proceedings that saw a bill defeated criminalizing individuals knowingly infected with HIV who spit at another person.
East Africa: Regional HIV Bill passed without criminalization clause
Describes the purpose of the East African Community HIV & AIDS Prevention and Management Bill, which offers an alternative to the N’Djamena Model Laws promoting HIV criminalization.
Repealing Section 19A: How we got there
Provides first-hand account of advocacy to reform Victoria’s (Australia) Crimes Act.
Interview with Iowa’s Tami Haught on Building a Broad Law Reform Coalition
Provides first-hand account of advocacy to reform Iowa’s HIV criminalization statute, Iowa Code 709C.
Advocates Speak: A Snapshot of Voices and Perspectives from Grinnell
This blog post from the Center for HIV Law and Policy highlights a number of themes reflected by participants at the first HIV is Not a Crime training in Iowa, 2014.
2nd Meeting of the African Regional Judges’ Forum on HIV, Human Rights and the Law, 2015
Describes the second meeting of the African Regional Judges’ Forum on HIV, Human Rights and the Law was held in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Eminent African Judges Dialogue on HIV related stigma and Discrimination
Describes the 2 day judicial dialogue of judges from Eastern and Southern Africa held in Naorobi, Kenya. Participants included judges, magistrates, lawyers, civil society organisations and people living with HIV.