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. U.S. HIV Laws and Prosecutorial Tools, Center for HIV Law and Policy (2020)

    This resource is a detailed but concise snapshot of the federal and state laws used to prosecute people living with HIV (PLHIV), viral hepatitis, and other sexually transmitted diseases. The resource is intended to support state advocates, policymakers, lo ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 10/23/2020 10:06am

  2. HIV Criminalization in the United States: A Sourcebook on State and Federal HIV Criminal Law and Practice, The Center for HIV Law and Policy (updated May 2020)

    Updated May 2020! A resource for lawyers and community advocates outlining punitive laws, policies, and cases affecting PLHIV in all 50 states. It may be used as an aid for attorneys of PLHIV prosecuted for “HIV exposure” or non-disclosure of HIV status, a ...

    admin - 5/12/2020 9:30am

  3. Packingham v. North Carolina, 137 S.Ct. 1730 (2017).

    The U.S. Supreme Court invalidated a North Carolina law prohibiting registered sex offenders from accessing commercial social networking websites that allow minor children to become members or to create or maintain personal web pages. The Court ruled that ...

    admin - 8/29/2017 3:35pm

  4. Prosecuting HIV Nondisclosure, Iowa Public Radio (February 9, 2012)

    This is a link to a February 2012 Iowa Public Radio audio news story on Iowa's HIV-specific law, which criminalizes HIV "exposure" and nondisclosure of one's HIV status. The story features Donald Bogardus, an HIV-positive Iowan who fac ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 6/28/2017 12:13pm

  5. Doe, et al. v. Jindal, et al., No. 11-388 (E.D. La. Mar. 29, 2012)

    This is an order by the United States District Court – Eastern District of Louisiana granting the plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment. The plaintiffs claimed mandatory sex offender registration under the harsher of Louisiana's two solicitati ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 6/28/2017 12:20pm