CHLP fights stigma and discrimination at the intersection of HIV, race, health status, disability, class, sexuality and gender identity and expression, with a focus on criminal and public health systems. As part of this work, we support movement building that amplifies the power of individuals and communities to mobilize for change rooted in racial, gender and economic justice. We do this through legal advocacy, high-impact policy initiatives, and creation of cross-issue partnerships, networks, and resources.

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  1. State Criminal Statutes on HIV Transmission, Lambda Legal (2010)

    This chart, updated in July 2010, includes state-by-state information on criminal laws related to exposure and transmission of HIV for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Information includes statutory and regulatory citations, crime classificatio ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 11/14/2017 7:13pm

  2. Criminal Prosecutions for HIV Exposure: Overview and Analysis (Working Paper), Sarah J. Bray, Yale University Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA) (2003)

    This study challenges the rationale for the criminalization of HIV transmission by demonstrating that prosecutions of these case are unlikely to serve the public health purpose of reducing HIV transmission from those who know they are living with HIV. The ...

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

  3. A Positive Woman's Survival Kit, 1999, International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW)

    This compilation of personal stories interspersed with factual information regarding various aspects of women's experience with HIV/AIDS aims to help HIV-positive women learn from the similar experiences of others. Included are sections on disclosure ...

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

  4. U.S. Organizations Speak Out on Women and HIV to Inform Health Policy and National AIDS Strategy, Press Release, The Center for HIV Law & Policy (CHLP), CHANGE, ICW, WORLD (2009)

    The Center for HIV Law and Policy (CHLP), along with thirteen organizations working to advance the health and rights of women living with HIV in the United States, sent a series of policy directives to the Office of National AIDS Policy and related federa ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 11/15/2017 4:38pm

  5. Toolkit for Targeted HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care in Sex Work Settings, World Health Organization (2005)

    Most of the items in this toolkit focus on HIV prevention in sex work settings. Less information is available on treatment, care and support for sex workers living with HIV. The toolkit aims to provide guidance on the development and implementation of eff ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 6/1/2016 12:43pm

  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. Sex Work, Criminalization, and HIV: Lessons from Advocacy History, Anna Forbes, BETA (2010)

    Sex workers are frequently omitted from discussions about the links between criminalization, marginalization, and increased HIV transmission. At the IAS 2010 conference in Vienna, substantial attention was focused on the negative impacts that criminalizat ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 6/14/2017 11:19am

  8. Pathways to HIV Risk and Vulnerability Among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Methamphetamine Users: a Multi-Cohort Gender-Based Analysis, Brandon D.L. Marshall et al., BMC Public Health (2011)

    Using data from three ongoing cohort studies of drug users in Vancouver, Canada, this article relies on a "risk environment" framework—the theory that external factors intersect to produce and reproduce HIV risk and other drug-related harms—to e ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 12/12/2018 4:26pm

  9. Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Right of Everyone to the Enjoyment of the Highest Attainable Standard of Physical and Mental Health, Anand Grover, Human Rights Council, Fourteenth Session, Agenda Item 3, U.N. Doc. A/HRC/14/20 (Apr. 20, 2010)

    This report, submitted to the Human Rights Council by the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, examines the relationship between the UN recognized right to the highe ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 6/28/2017 2:12pm

  10. 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

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