HIV Forensics II – Estimación de la probabilidad de infección reciente de VIH. Consecuencias para los procesos legales
Considera la validez y el significado de las pruebas científicas (Algoritmo de Pruebas de Infección Reciente) para estimar la probabilidad de una infección reciente en personas diagnosticadas como seropositivas en el contexto de los juicios por transmisión del VIH.
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Positive Health, Dignity and Prevention: A Policy Framework
Positive Health, Dignity and Prevention highlights the importance of placing the person living with HIV at the centre of managing their health and wellbeing. The Positive Health, Dignity and Prevention Framework requires a concerted multisectoral effort to work towards removing punitive laws and passing more laws that support and enable policies in favour of expanding programmes proven to reduce new HIV infections while protecting the human rights of people living with HIV and those who are at higher risk of exposure to the virus.
Use of the Expert Consensus Statement on the Science of HIV in the Context of Criminal Law
Interim scoping report that explores the impact of the Expert Consensus Statement in the two years since its publication.
HIV and AIDS and Labour Rights: A Handbook for Judges and Legal Professionals
“This Handbook aims to assist judges and legal professionals in handling HIV and AIDS-related matters with a focus on employment and occupation. It provides information on relevant national and international law and its application in domestic courts operating in diverse legal traditions and frameworks.” ILO
HIV & the Law Toolkit: Research
Provides links to recent research literature about the criminalization of HIV non-disclosure in Canada and recent efforts to set priorities for further research in this area,
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Doing HIV Justice: Clarifying criminal law and policy through prosecutorial guidance
Demystifies how civil society worked with the Crown Prosecution Service of England & Wales to create the world’s first policy and guidance for prosecuting the reckless or intentional transmission of sexual infection.
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.
Guiding Principles for Eliminating Disease-Specific Criminal Laws
This 2015 document from Positive Justice Project Steering Committee outlines their guiding principles for modernising or repealing HIV-specific criminal laws.
National HIV/AIDS Strategy Imperative: Fighting Stigma and Discrimination by Repealing HIV-Specific Criminal Statutes
States HIV criminalisation undermines HIV prevention and sexual health messages, and breeds ignorance, fear and discrimination against people living with HIV. Argues that instead of applying criminal law to HIV transmission, governments should expand programs to reduce HIV transmission while protecting the human rights of people living with HIV.
Legal and clinical implications of HIV non-disclosure: A practical guide for HIV nurses in Canada
Provides guidance on the complexities many nurses face working with people living with HIV including how to document advice on disclosure and responding to a search warrant.
Narratives of HIV: measuring understanding of HIV and the law in HIV-positive patients
Found PLHIV’s understanding of legal obligations about HIV risk behaviours was poor and patchy, with behavioural restrictions often overstated. PLHIV remain at risk of prosecution through poor understanding of the law.