The Center for HIV Law and Policy challenges barriers to the rights and health of people affected by HIV through legal advocacy, high-impact policy initiatives, and creation of cross-issue partnerships, networks, and resources. We support movement building that amplifies the power of individuals and communities to mobilize for change that is rooted in racial, gender, and economic justice.

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  1. Settlement Agreement between the United States of America and Union Parish Detention Center (2018)

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    admin - 6/6/2018 6:03pm

  2. Rosado v. Herard, 2014 WL 1303513 (S.D.N.Y. 2014).

    Rosado, a pre-trial detainee at Rikers Island, brought an action alleging Herard, a licensed mental health clinician, violated his rights by disclosing Rosado’s HIV status to other detainees and by denying him, as well as other Spanish-speaking detainees, ...

    admin - 3/9/2016 10:55am

  3. Nunes et al. v. Massachusetts Department of Correction et al., No. 13-2346 (1st Cir. Feb. 14, 2014) (Brief of Plaintiff-Appellants)

    Plaintiffs brought this appeal seeking a reversal of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts’s entry of summary judgment for the defendants. At trial, the District Court found that a prison policy prohibiting inmates from self-a ...

    admin - 4/16/2014 12:18pm

  4. National HIV/AIDS Strategy (2010)

    On July 13, 2010, the Obama administration released the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) for the United States. The NHAS is the culmination of work and advocacy by people living with HIV, their advocates, AIDS service organizations, federal and state age ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 6/30/2017 8:46am

  5. Woods v. White, 689 F. Supp. 874 (W.D. Wis. 1988)

    The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin held that there is a constitutional right to privacy in one’s medical records and that this right is not relinquished automatically when a person is incarcerated. In this case, an inmate’s AIDS ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm

  6. Tatta v. State, 799 N.Y.S.2d 610 (N.Y. App. Div. 2005)

    An HIV-positive inmate sued prison officials for the negligent disclosure of his HIV status. Finding that the disclosure violated New York Public Health Law § 2782, the court found that the inmate was entitled to statutory damages, even though the disclos ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm

  7. Doe v. Wigginton, 21 F.3d 733 (6th Cir. 1994)

    This opinion, which should be read with the cautions set forth below, concerns inmates' right to receive HIV testing and their right to confidentiality with regard to their HIV status. Doe, a state prison inmate, brought claims under the Eighth and F ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 7/20/2017 7:06pm

  8. Powell v. Schriver, 175 F.3d 107 (2d Cir. 1999)

    In this opinion, the Second Circuit recognizes that a correction officer's disclosure of an inmate's HIV status and transgender status may violate the inmate's constitutional right to privacy and Eighth Amendment protection against cruel an ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm

  9. Doe v. Delie, 257 F.3d 209 (3d Cir. 2001)

    In this opinion, the Third Circuit holds that prison inmates have a constitutionally protected right to privacy regarding the confidentiality of their medical conditions, in particular HIV-status. The court held that prison officials may impinge on this r ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm

  10. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 99 U.N.T.S. 171

    The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (the “ICCPR”) represents one-third of what is informally referred to as the “International Bill of Rights.” The other two thirds consist of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultura ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 4/24/2020 4:59pm

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