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. Debaun v. State of Florida, No. SC13-2336 (FL Sup.St. March 16, 2017)

    In an important decision on Florida’s criminal HIV exposure statute, Public Health §384.24(2), the Supreme Court of Florida ruled that “sexual intercourse,” as used in the statute, includes not only penile-vaginal intercourse, but also includes oral and a ...

    admin - 3/17/2017 5:35pm

  2. State v. Davis, 2017-Ohio-733

    The Court of Appeals for the Seventh District of Ohio affirmed the sentence of a woman living with HIV (“the appellant”) who pled guilty to two counts of felonious assault after having sex with two men without disclosing her HIV status. The State sought f ...

    admin - 10/28/2018 9:33am

  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. Settlement Agreement between the United States of America and Aurora Health Care under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) (July 2017)

    This settlement agreemen t, dated July 21, 2017, between the United States and Aurora Health Care is the result of two complaints filed with the United States Department of Justice alleging discrimination on the basis of HIV status in violation of title I ...

    admin - 9/22/2017 1:50pm

  5. People v. Rocha, 2017 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 6970 (Cal. App. 5th Dist., Oct. 11, 2017)

    The California Court of Appeal for the Fifth Appellate District reversed and remanded a trial court’s decision to impose HIV testing for a man who pleaded no contest to one count of lewd and lascivious conduct with a child under the age of 14. Under state ...

    admin - 11/29/2017 10:16am

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

    There are numerous striking findings in the Williams Institute report on HIV criminalization in Georgia. White women, who make up 3% of PLHIV in Georgia, represented 11% of HIV-related arrests. Yet—perhaps because of disparate HIV rates among black people ...

    admin - 2/6/2019 9:19pm

  7. State v. Boatright, 2017-Ohio-5794, 2017 Ohio App. LEXIS 2854 (July 12, 2017).

    The Court of Appeals of Ohio for the Ninth Appellate District, Summit County, affirmed the conviction of a man living with HIV after he engaged in sexual activity without disclosing his HIV status, ruling that the jury could have reasonably concluded 1) t ...

    admin - 1/31/2018 1:19pm

  8. Beckett v. Aetna, No. 2:17-cv-03864-JS (E.D. Pa. January 16, 2018). settlement agreement

    Aetna agreed to pay a total of $17,161,200 to be distributed among more than 11,000 health insurance customers across the country in a class action settlement regarding the violation of HIV privacy rights. The violations occurred when Aetna customers rece ...

    admin - 2/28/2018 3:25pm

  9. Nolan v. State of New York, 2018 N.Y. Slip Op. 00269 (N.Y. App. Div. January 16, 2018)

    In  Nolan v. State of New York, the Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division, recognized that HIV stigma remains a significant social burden, holding that a model whose photograph was used in an HIV-related ad campaign by the New York State Departmen ...

    admin - 3/20/2018 7:37pm

  10. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Sustained Viral Suppression and Transmission Risk Potential Among Persons Receiving HIV Care – United States, 2014, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 67:4 (2018)

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    admin - 3/26/2018 5:02pm

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