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Launch of HIV Justice Worldwide initiative

Launch of HIV Justice Worldwide initiative Published on Tuesday, 05 April 2016 10:11 Q: What is HIV criminalisation? HIV criminalisation describes the unjust application of the criminal law to people living with HIV based on their HIV status – either…

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Nigeria: Stakeholders Tackle Workplace HIV Discrimination

By Emeka Anuforo As part of efforts to protect the rights and dignity of people living with and affected by HIV and AIDS, the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), the Joint United Nations Programme on AIDS (UNAIDS), the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Network of Persons Living With HIV/AIDS (NEPHWAN) have launched a major effort to check workplace discrimination of HIV.

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US: Missouri Supreme Court upholds overly broad HIV non-disclosure law...

The Missouri Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of a woman (known as ‘S.F.’) who did not tell her sexual partner that she was living with HIV before engaging in sex. At her original trial she was found guilty of exposing another to HIV under Mo. Rev. Stat. §191.677 and sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment.

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US: American psychological association adopts resolution opposing HIV...

The American Psychological Association (APA) has adopted an evidence-informed resolution on HIV criminalisation in the United States. It was developed with feedback from the APA Committee on Legal Issues and the HIV Medicine Association – who themselves issued a Policy Statement on HIV Criminalization in 2015 – along with the Sero Project and The Center for HIV Law and Policy. According to the background document:

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UNODC Chief: disproportionate responses to drug related offences do not serve...

Alternatives to conviction or punishment, where appropriate, can be pursued by countries under the international drug control conventions, the head of UNODC, Yury Fedotov, stressed today at a side event on the margins of the 59th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND).

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