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. v. Burnett, 545 F. Supp. 2d 1207 (N.D. Ala. 2008)

    Burnett was convicted of indecent exposure and public lewdness on federal property after he solicited an undercover police officer for oral sex and exposed himself to the officer during a sting operation. He received a maximum 6-month sentence, which the ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 6/28/2017 12:50pm

  2. Criminalization of HIV Transmission: Poor Public Health Policy, Edwin Cameron, HIV/AIDS Policy and Law Review (2009)

    This article, taken from a speech by Justice Edwin Cameron of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, discusses the ineffective nature of HIV criminalization laws and analyzes some of the negative effects that they cause. Justice Cameron breaks down his ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 6/28/2017 2:13pm

  3. Homosexually Active Men’s Views on Criminal Prosecutions for HIV Transmission are Related to HIV Prevention Need, Catherine Dodds, AIDS Care (2008)

    Drawing data from the Gay Men's Sex Survey 2006, this article represents an analysis of the responses of gay men in the United Kingdom to HIV criminalization laws. Of the 8,252 respondents, over half agreed that prosecution of reckless HIV transmissi ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 8/9/2017 12:26pm

  4. 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 ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 8/9/2017 2:09pm

  5. How Reliable is an Undetected Viral Load?, C. Combescure et. al., HIV Medicine (2009)

    A study by the Swiss Federal AIDS Commission on patients who were treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) concluded in 2009 that individuals with a stable, low viral load for at least six months were extremely unlikely to transmit HIV. I ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 12/3/2017 11:34am

  6. 10 Reasons Why Criminalization of HIV Exposure or Transmission Harms Women, Athena Network (2009)

    The authors conclude that HIV criminalization leads to negative public health outcomes, increased gender-based violence, and greater social and political inequalities for women. Because women are more likely to be the first to know their HIV status due to ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 12/3/2017 11:43am

  7. What You Need To Know About Missouri Laws On HIV, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (2008)

    The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services requires that all individuals who test positive for HIV sign – and initial every paragraph of – a form in which HIV-positive individuals must acknowledge potential criminal liability, punishable by 10 ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 10/29/2018 4:05pm

  8. State v. Mubita, 188 P.3d 867 (Idaho 2008)

    Mubita was convicted of eleven counts of transferring body fluids containing HIV under Idaho statute Idaho Code Ann. §39-608. Mubita received a sentence of four months to four years for each of the eleven counts, carrying a maximum possibility of forty-fo ...

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

  9. U.S. v. Dacus, 66 M.J. 235 (C.A.A.F. 2008)

    A married army staff sergeant was charged with two counts of attempted murder in military court after it was discovered that he was having sex with women outside of his marriage without informing them that he is HIV positive. He wore a condom with one par ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 6/16/2014 2:02pm

  10. U.S. v. Upham, 66 M.J. 83 (C.A.A.F. 2008), aff’g 64 M.J. 547 (C.G.Ct.Crim.App. 2006)

    This opinion involves an appeal from an aggravated assault conviction brought against an officer in the Coast Guard who allegedly had unprotected vaginal intercourse with a female officer without alerting her to the fact that he is HIV positive. It is the ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 6/16/2014 2:41pm

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