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. State v. Musser, No. 04-0719 (Iowa 2006)

    This is the second of two appellate decisions, made the same day, by the Supreme Court of Iowa affirming Adam Donald Musser's conviction and 25-year prison sentences under Iowa's criminal transmission of HIV statute. The first decision, State v. ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 6/28/2017 12:18pm

  2. State v. Musser, 721 N.W.2d 734, 741 (Iowa 2006)

    This is a decision by the Supreme Court of Iowa affirming the defendant's conviction and 25-year prison sentence under Iowa's criminal transmission of HIV statute. The court dismissed all of the defendant's arguments, which included both co ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 6/28/2017 12:19pm

  3. When Students Test Positive, Their Privacy Fails: The Unconstitutionality of South Carolina's HIV/AIDS Reporting Requirement, Diane M. Degroat, 17 Am. U.J.Gender, Soc. Pol'y and L 751 (2007).

    This law journal comment explores the South Carolina law which mandates that local health departments notify a school's superintendant and nurse if a minor student has HIV or AIDS. This comment argues that this law violates students' constitutio ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 9/29/2019 12:53pm

  4. Conflicting Messages: How Criminal HIV Disclosure Laws Undermine Public Health Efforts to Control the Spread of HIV, C. Galletly and S.D. Pinkerton, AIDS Behavior (2006)

    This summary is taken in part from the article abstract. As structural interventions aimed at reducing new HIV infections, HIV-related criminal laws ideally would complement the HIV prevention efforts of public health professionals. The authors here concl ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 6/28/2017 2:09pm

  5. Attitudes About Stigma and Discrimination Related to HIV/AIDS, Kaiser Family Foundation (2006).

    This Kaiser Family Foundation survey finds that there is still a significant minority of people in the United States who believe that HIV can be transmitted by forms of casual contact such as kissing, sharing a glass and touching a toilet seat. The study ...

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

  6. Criminal Prosecutions for HIV Transmission: People Living With HIV Respond, C. Dodds and P. Keogh, International Journal of STD & AIDS (2006)

    This article reviews the product of focus group surveys conducted in the United Kingdom on the issue of criminal prosecutions for HIV exposure. The focus groups of individuals living with HIV were recruited to discuss their thoughts around the prosecution ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 8/16/2017 11:04am

  7. In Brief: Meeting the Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of People Living with HIV, Guttmacher Institute & The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (2006)

    Guttmacher Institute outlines the changing sexual and reproductive health needs of people living with HIV as the disease has become a manageable chronic disease. Included is information on fertility issues and childbearing, prevention of unplanned pregnan ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 4/12/2020 11:06am

  8. Capacitación de Mujeres Jóvenes para Liderar el Cambio, El YWCA Mundial & El Fondo de Población de las Naciones Unidas (2006)

    Capacitación de Mujeres Jóvenes para Liderar el Cambio es una guía que ha sido diseñado para dar apoyo al desarrollo de las habilidades y destrezas de las mujeres jóvenes, y los que trabajan con ellas, para capacitarlas para que asuman el liderazgo en los ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 4/21/2018 5:10pm

  9. Empowering Young Women to Lead Change: A Training Manual, World YWCA & United Nations Population Fund (2006)

    This guide for young women and those working with them offers activities to motivate and enable young women to advocate for change and to mobilize others to do the same. A chapter on HIV/AIDS encourages discussion of  the specific challenges facing women ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 4/12/2020 11:33am

  10. Gender, Sexuality, Rights and HIV: An overview for community sector organizations, International Council of AIDS Service Organizations (2007)

    This is an analysis of how gender and sexuality influence HIV risks, transmission, and treatment, with an eye toward the obstacles that community service organizations must overcome in order to provide services successfully. It outlines factors in the fol ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 6/30/2020 4:02pm

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