Position paper of the AIDS-Hilfen Austria on §178 and §179 StGB: Against discrimination in court

Austria’s Aidshilfen protest against discrimination of people with HIV in court and demand “the destigmatization of HIV-positive people in criminal law”. The support organisations state that HIV infection should no longer be covered by the criminal liability of Paragraph 178f. As long as this remains the case, “the current state of medical research must be taken into account when a court makes a decision. This means that both safer sex and the consistent use of drug therapy must be considered grounds for exclusion from proceedings.”

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