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On May 5th, Nick Rhoades, CHLP's Outreach and Event Specialist, engaged a crowd of Iowans on HIV criminalization at a wellness summit organized by Positive Iowans Taking Charge (PITCH).

At a May 7th public hearing, Adrian Guzman and Jeff Birnbaum, Program Director of the Health and Education Alternatives for Teens (HEAT), explained how Teen SENSE standards, and clear service guarantees for transgender youth, will improve a new intitiative by the New York City Administration for Children's Services (ACS).

The Center for HIV Law and Policy (CHLP) recently released three Model Policies designed for use by agencies and jurisdictions that provide services for youth in detention and foster care centers.

The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) of Scotland today issued guidance on intentional or reckless sexual transmission of, or exposure to, sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

New York, April 26, 2012 – Legal and public health experts are speaking out as the New York Court of Appeals, the highest court in New York, today reviews a case concerning the 2006 conviction of David Plunkett, an HIV-positive man, for aggravated assault for biting a police officer. The state prosecutor argued that Plunkett used his saliva as a "dangerous instrument" when he allegedly bit a police officer during an altercation, for which he is serving a 10-year prison term.

On Tuesday, Positive Justice Project (PJP) members were featured on a popular Baltimore radio show to discuss proposed HIV criminalization legislation in Maryland.

On Friday, a group of 65 organizations from around the country sent a letter to President Obama to declare that human rights be included in all HIV interventions, including access to integrated health, social, and support services and policies to end HIV-based discrimination.

On February 13, 2012, a  group of advocates and academics, primarily from Scandinavian civil society, met in Oslo, Norway and agreed on a ten-point declaration calling for the end of criminal prosecutions for HIV non-disclosure, exposure and unintentional transmission.

New York, February 13, 2012 – Legal and public health experts are speaking out against criminal charges that have been brought against an HIV-positive man in Branson, MO in connection with an altercation with arresting officers.

In September 2011, Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) introduced the REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act, the first piece of federal legislation to take on the issue of HIV criminalization. Currently, the bill has 25 congressional co-sponsors.