What is the Consensus Statement on HIV “Treatment as Prevention” in Criminal Law Reform?
The Consensus Statement is a collaborative document that grew out of the recognition of a need for guidance on how the science of HIV treatment and prevention tools relates to the reform of HIV criminal laws.
Orientaciones para fiscales sobre casos penales relacionados con el VIH
Este documento de orientación presenta 10 principios clave que deberían ayudar a los scales a tramitar un enjuiciamiento, o un posible enjuiciamiento – que implican una acusación de no revelación, exposición o transmisión del VIH. Cada principio va acompañado de un comentario más detallado en el que se examina la aplicación especí ca del principio por parte de los scales en el curso de su gestión de un proceso potencial o en curso. Cada principio y el comentario que lo acompaña se basan en la consideración de las mejores pruebas cientí cas disponibles, las normas internacionales de derechos humanos aplicables y las normas profesionales ampliamente acordadas que rigen la función de los scales en el sistema de justicia penal.
Making the case against an HIV-specific law in Jamaica
This assessment ‘Legal Assessment of the Effectiveness of HIV Criminalisation Laws-from High to Low-Income Countries’ demonstrates why the enactment of an HIV-specific criminal law in Jamaica would be harmful to the national HIV response. It sets out the bases on which the recommendation for an HIV-specific criminal law should be rejected and highlights the need for public health policy considerations to centre the discussions surrounding HIV criminalisation in Jamaica.
Expert consensus statement on the science of HIV in the context of criminal law
Twenty scientists from regions across the world developed this Expert Consensus Statement to address the use of HIV science by the criminal justice system. Description of the possibility of HIV transmission was limited to acts most often at issue in criminal cases. The authors recommend that caution be exercised when considering prosecution, and encourage governments and those working in legal and judicial systems to pay close attention to the significant advances in HIV science that have occurred over the last three decades to ensure current scientific knowledge informs application of the law in cases related to HIV.
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- Expertní prohlášení k vědeckým poznatkům o HIV v kontextu trestního práva ,