Press release: Proposed re-criminalisation of HIV in Zimbabwe

HIV JUSTICE WORLDWIDE coalition, the Health Law and Policy Consortium and Sonke Gender Justice's May 2024 press release on proposals to add HIV to Zimbabwe's already problematic and overly broad STI law.

HIV Is Not A Crime Awareness Day

On February 28th 2024, the HIV JUSTICE WORLDWIDE coalition commemorated the first global HIV is Not A Crime Awareness Day under the theme: “You care about ending HIV criminalisation, you just don’t know it yet”. Read our statement.

Global HIV Criminalisation Database

The Global HIV Criminalisation Database from the HIV Justice Network has regularly updated information on laws and cases and a directory of organisations working against HIV criminalisation around the world.

Not A Criminal Campaign Website

The #NotACriminal campaign, led by GNP+ on behalf of global HIV and key population networks, provides information, tools and resources to demand governments #endbadlaws.

HIV Justice Academy

The HIV Justice Network's global online learning and resource hub with an on-demand Online Course, practical Action Toolkits, and an extensive Resource Library - in four languages.

Molecular HIV Surveillance

This briefing paper published by Positive Women’s Network-USA on behalf of the HIV JUSTICE WORLDWIDE coalition aims to support people living with HIV, activists, legal experts, and human rights campaigners in understanding the complexities and consequences of molecular HIV surveillance (MHS).

Podcast: Not A Crime / Pas Un Crime

A podcast series in English and French featuring interviews with lawyers and activists working to mitigate the harms of criminalisation on people living with HIV and people who use drugs.

EECA HIV Criminalisation Scan, 2018-22

The EECA HIV Criminalisation Scan by the Eurasian Women's Network on AIDS is based on research led by women living with HIV and covers 11 EECA countries: Armenia, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.

HINAC 5

Watch the video recordings of sessions from HIV is Not a Crime V, the fifth national training academy to educate and train people living with HIV to mobilise state-level advocacy to end HIV-related criminalisation, which took place in June 2023 at Henry and Emory College in Emory, VA.

HJWW Statement on COVID-19 Criminalisation

In March 2020, as the world struggled with a new global pandemic, we produced a succinct statement reminding law- and policymakers that communicable diseases are public health issues, not criminal issues.

Expert Consensus Statement on HIV Criminalisation

Concerned that prosecutions are not always guided by the best available scientific and medical evidence, 20 of the world’s leading HIV scientists developed an Expert Consensus Statement to address use of HIV science within the criminal justice system.

The Impact of Criminalisation on Sex Workers’ Vulnerability to HIV and Violence

This NSWP policy brief examines the impact of laws that criminalise sex work. It covers various areas of law and law enforcement practices that disproportionately impact sex workers, including immigration laws, policing of public spaces, anti-LGBTQ laws, HIV criminalisation, and religious codes.

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