International AIDS Conference
CHLP staff are attending AIDS 2026, the 26th International AIDS Conference, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The event brings together thousands of HIV professionals at the world's largest conference on HIV and AIDS.
CHLP attorneys Jada Hicks and Sean McCormick will be presenting two posters highlighting research on HIV criminalization in the US in the track focused on political science, laws, ethics, policies, and human rights.
The posters present a comprehensive picture of HIV criminalization in the United States: one documents the continued scope, enforcement, and disproportionate impact of HIV criminal laws on Black, brown, LGBTQ+, and women living with HIV, while the other examines how advocates have successfully reformed or repealed these laws in nearly 20 states over the past decade.
Collectively, they show that HIV criminalization is not only a barrier to health and justice but also a solvable policy problem. By combining rigorous legal and enforcement data with lessons from successful advocacy campaigns, the research offers an evidence-based roadmap for advancing HIV decriminalization in the United States and informing reform efforts around the world.
