Published January, 2008
HIV is a Virus, Not a Crime: Ten Reasons Against Criminal Statutes and Criminal Prosecutions, Edwin Cameron et al., Journal of the International AIDS Society (2008)
This article, by South African judge Edwin Cameron and his colleagues, examines the problematic global trend of criminalizing HIV and proposes ten reasons as to why HIV-specific criminal provisions and prosecutions should not be included in a response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
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