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CHLP Publications

CHLP publishes a diverse range of materials from fact sheets and advocacy documents to legal briefs, guides, and reports.

White Papers and Reports

A New Strategy to End Civil and Criminal Punishment on the Basis of HIV Status, Positive Justice Project (2010)

This document provides comprehensive information about the Positive Justice Project and HIV criminalization.  One of the more troubling and persistent issues for people with HIV has been the prospect of criminal prosecution for acts of consensual sex and for conduct

Guides (Legal or Medical)

Employment Rights of People Living with HIV/AIDS: A Primer, The Center for HIV Law and Policy (2010)

The Center for HIV Law and Policy prepared this basic guide for advocates on the legal and human rights protections for people living with HIV and AIDS in the United States.

Guides (Legal or Medical)

Know Your Rights: HIV and Housing, The Center for HIV Law and Policy (2010)

This brief front-and-back handout provides an overview of the rights of people living with HIV to obtain housing without discrimination under federal law, and to housing assistance under federally funded programs.
Letters and Other Advocacy Documents

Additional Recommendations to the White House Office of National AIDS Policy for the National HIV/AIDS Strategy, the Center for HIV Law and Policy, Lambda Legal, and ACLU AIDS Project (2010)

In April 2010, the White House Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) released its first report, summarizing community discussions that had taken place around the country for the purpose of informing development of a National HIV/AIDS Strategy.

Guides (Legal or Medical)

Using Human Rights to Protect the Reproductive Rights of HIV-Positive Women in the United States, The Center for HIV Law and Policy (2010)

This brief handout provides a succinct guide to using the human rights framework in U.S. advocacy for HIV-positive women's reproductive rights. It describes different sources of international human rights law, their place in U.S. law, and . .
Fact Sheet

Know Your Rights: HIV and Pregnancy, The Center for HIV Law and Policy (2010)

Women who are HIV-positive and pregnant or considering becoming pregnant often face judgment and discrimination from the very medical care providers they rely upon to keep them healthy. This brief front-and-back handout provides an outline of . .
Guides (Legal or Medical)

Know Your Rights: The HIV Ban and Immigration, The Center for HIV Law and Policy (2010)

This brief front-and-back handout provides answers to frequently asked questions about HIV, immigration, and the HIV Ban. The HIV ban is no longer in effect as of January 4, 2010, and the handout helps individuals determine how the lifting of the ban will affect them.

White Papers and Reports

HIV and Pregnancy: Medical and Legal Considerations for Women and Their Advocates, Center for HIV Law and Policy (2009)

This report and guide outlines the medical and legal issues surrounding HIV and pregnancy in the United States.
Charts, Tables, and Graphs

Arrests and Prosecutions for HIV Exposure in the United States, 2008–2019, The Center for HIV Law & Policy (2019)

This list, although not exhaustive, provides a broad snapshot of the spate of arrests and prosecutions for HIV exposure in the United States from 2008 through June 2019.

White Papers and Reports

Comprehensive, LGBTQ-Inclusive Sexual Health Care for Youth in State Custody as a Human Right: The Teen SENSE Initiative, The Center for HIV Law and Policy (2008)

Presented at the 2008 international "Sex, Rights, and the Law in a World with AIDS" conference in Cuernavaca, Mexico, this paper analyzes the goals, obstacles, strategies, and lessons learned from the first years of the Teen SENSE initiative.

Letters and Other Advocacy Documents

Letter to the American Medical Association House of Delegates Regarding Proposed Resolution 517 for Mandatory Testing of Pregnant Women, The Center for HIV Law and Policy et al. (2009)

This letter, authored by CHLP and joined by seventeen other organizations, opposes a proposed AMA resolution calling for mandatory testing of pregnant women (Resolution 517).

Letters and Other Advocacy Documents

Sample Expert Statement on HIV Transmission Risk, Center for HIV Law & Policy (2009)

To avoid a court battle, or to win a case once in court, people with HIV may need to introduce evidence or affidavits demonstrating that they pose no significant risk of transmitting HIV to others through casual contact.