Provides current scientific evidence to facilitate just outcomes in Australian criminal cases involving HIV. Argues that careful attention should be paid to the best scientific evidence on HIV risk and harms, with consideration of alternatives to prosecution, including public health management. Authored by leading Australian HIV clinicians and scientists.
HIV Futures Seven: The Health and Wellbeing of HIV Positive People in Australia
Survey of people living with HIV found 30% were concerned about disclosing their sexual practices to service provider (and 13% were uncertain) ‘because of the current legal situation’.
HIV Criminalisation and Sex Work in Australia
Reports that following the high profile prosecution of an HIV positive sex worker (no transmission), sex workers became fearful of HIV testing for HIV. In the four-week period following the court case, attendance at the sex worker outreach medical service dropped from an average of 40 per night to three.
The Criminalisation of HIV Transmission in Australia: Legality, Morality and Reality
Addresses the criminal prosecution of people who transmit HIV in Australia. Examines the legal, moral and ethical justification for laws criminalising HIV transmission and the impacts of criminalisation on people with HIV.