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. A Side-by-Side Comparison of the Proposed Bills to Reform Missouri’s HIV Criminal Laws, Center for HIV Law and Policy (2019)

    A Side-by-Side Comparison of the Proposed Bills to Reform Missouri’s HIV Criminal Laws ...

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  2. The PJP Update- April 2019

    The Positive Justice Project's April PJP Update has the latest news on HIV criminal law reform efforts across the country...with legislative action taking place in several states and including analysis of proposed changes to legislation in Florida, In ...

    admin - 4/23/2019 1:38pm

  3. The PJP Update- February 2019

    PJP Update Website Graphic-01.png     CHLP Speaks at National Stigma Conference in Washington, DC On November 16, CHLP's National Community Outreach Coordinator Arpita Appannagari spoke at the International Conference on Stigma at Howard University i ...

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  4. Associations between sex work laws and sex workers’ health: A systematic review and meta-analysis of quantitative and qualitative studies, Lucy Platt et al., PLOS Medicine (2018)

    The authors reviewed 18 years of research into sex work, policing, health, and incarceration to asses the relationship between criminalization and health outcomes. Some of the authors’ key findings indicate that 1) over-policing is associated with an incr ...

    admin - 1/11/2019 1:43pm

  5. An Overdose Death Is Not Murder: Why Drug-Induced Homicide Laws Are Counterproductive and Inhumane, Drug Policy Alliance (2017)

    This report from the Drug Policy Alliance offers a snapshot of drug-induced homicide laws and prosecutions in 2017. These are laws that punish people who sold or shared drugs that resulted in a fatal overdose with penalties equal to those for murder.  The ...

    admin - 1/10/2019 3:47pm

  6. HIV Criminalization In Florida: Penal Implications for People Living with HIV/AIDS, Amira Hasenbush, The Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law (2018)

    Florida criminalizes people living with HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in the contexts of sex work, nonconsensual sex offenses, donation of blood and other bodily products, and consensual sex without disclosure. The purpose of this stu ...

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  7. Propes v. State, 815 S.E. 2d 571 (Ga. Ct. App. 2018)

    The Georgia Court of Appeals reversed the defendant’s conviction for reckless conduct after he had been sentenced to ten years in prison for having sex without prior disclosure of his status. The reversal was based on the State’s failure to present suffic ...

    admin - 12/13/2018 1:13pm

  8. Map: An Overview of States Criminalizing Viral Hepatitis, The Center for HIV Law and Policy (2018)

    This United States map identifies states (1) with laws that criminalize viral hepatitis; (2) the type of hepatitis criminalized; and (3) the type of behavior that is criminalized. Additionally, we note those states with laws and/or enhancements specific t ...

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  9. The PJP Update- November 2018

    The newsletter of the Positive Justice Project. ...

    admin - 11/7/2018 9:37am

  10. Nushawn Williams Case Background and Talking Points, The Center for HIV Law and Policy (2018)

    A fact sheet about the Nushawn Williams case, the first and only time in New York State that a person has been civilly confined based largely on HIV status. ...

    admin - 3/14/2019 2:14pm

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