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News, information, and commentary by The Center for HIV Law and Policy.

11/8/2018 11:43am

Deputy Director Position Opening at CHLP

The Center for HIV Law and Policy to hire Deputy Director.

11/8/2018 11:04am

CHLP Announces New Staff Attorney Position

The Center for HIV Law and Policy (CHLP) is hiring a staff attorney to support its work, particularly around anticriminalization.

10/15/2018 10:40am

New National Coalition Launches Campaign for Sexual Health Rights of Youth in State Custody

The Consensus Statement invites state policymakers to collaborate with the coalition in developing policy and practice that ensures youth in their care and custody receive sound, inclusive sexual health care, consistent with prevailing medical standards and legal and ethical obligations. The statement calls for additional training for residents and staff in youth congregate care and detention settings that is inclusive of youth of all sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions as a predicate to ending institutional violence.

10/5/2018 11:10am

Punishment is not a Public Health Strategy: A Webinar on the Criminalization of Viral Hepatitis

On October 4, the Center for HIV Law and Policy, Harm Reduction Coalition, and the National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable hosted a webinar providing an overview of the relationship between criminalization, viral hepatitis, and harm reduction. The webinar recording and slides are now archived below.

8/22/2018 11:12am

News Release: HIV Criminal Law Reform: A Call to Action

Marking the one-year anniversary of the launch of the Consensus Statement on HIV “Treatment as Prevention” in Criminal Law Reform, advocates affirmed their commitment to an HIV criminal law reform movement that is grounded in racial justice and leaves no one behind.