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.
Report on the ARASA/OSISA civil society consultative meeting on the criminalization of the wilful transmission of HIV
Outlines discussions at a community consultative meeting on HIV criminalisation attended by members of civil society from a range of countries within the Southern African Development Community (SADC). The meeting considered different perspectives on criminalisation, aiming to reach consensus on what constitutes an appropriate and effective response to harmful HIV-related behaviour.
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.
Criminalising HIV transmission: is this what women really need?
Outlines Sub Saharan Africa’s proliferation of legislation criminalizing HIV exposure and/or transmission, highlighting its negative impact on women. Argues UNAIDS, USAID, and other international health agencies must take urgent action to educate lawmakers and civil society about the limitations of criminal law to prevent HIV transmission and the harms of criminalization laws already in place.
Legislation Contagion: Building Resiliance
Addresses the sudden introduction of new criminalisation laws in Africa (to 2008).
HIV-specific legislation in sub-Saharan Africa: A comprehensive human rights analysis
Analyses key provisions in HIV-specific laws, outlining both protective and punitive provisions including criminalisation of HIV non-disclosure, exposure and transmission. Argues these provisions are generally overly broad, disregarding the best available recommendations for legislating on HIV; failing the human rights test of necessity, proportionality and reasonableness; consecrating myths and prejudice; and undermining HIV responses.
A human rights analysis of the N’Djamena model legislation on AIDS and HIV-specific legislation in Benin, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Sierra Leone and Togo.
Detailed information and analyses of HIV-specific legislation in seven Central and West African countries from a human rights perspective. Provides commentary on N’Djamena model legislation on HIV/AIDS (2004).