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Authors
Jürgens, Ralf, Jonathan Cohen, Edwin Cameron, Scott Burris, Michaela Clayton, Richard Elliot, Richard Pearshouse, Anne Gathumbi and Delme Cupido
Title
10 Reasons Why Criminalization of HIV Exposure or Transmission is Bad Public Policy
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DRAFT FOR DISCUSSION – SEPTEMBER 17, 2008
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Open Society Institute, 17 September, 2008, 14 pp
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Reproduced from www.soros.org with the kind permission of the Open Society Institute. Copyright © 2008 Open Society Institute. All Rights Reserved.

"10 Reasons Why Criminalization of HIV Exposure or Transmission Is Bad Public Policy was written by Ralf Jürgens, Jonathan Cohen, Edwin Cameron, Scott Burris, Michaela Clayton, Richard Elliott, Richard Pearshouse, Anne Gathumbi, and Delme Cupido, based on previous work by a large number of organizations, including the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the AIDS & Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (ARASA), the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, and the Open Society Initiative for East Africa. The authors gratefully acknowledge the work of these and other organizations that have undertaken work on the subject of criminalization of HIV transmission and exposure."

Abstract

"This document provides ten reasons why applying criminal law to HIV transmission is an unjust and ineffective public policy, except in cases where individuals purposely or maliciously transmit HIV with the intent to harm others, in which case existing criminal laws are sufficient. Rather than introducing laws criminalizing HIV exposure and transmission, countries need to reform laws and policies that stand in the way of evidence-informed prevention and treatment efforts, including providing justice to women."

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  • Jürgens, Ralf, Jonathan Cohen, Edwin Cameron, Scott Burris, Michaela Clayton, Richard Elliot, Richard Pearshouse, Anne Gathumbi and Delme Cupido, 10 Reasons to Oppose the Criminalization of HIV Exposure or Transmission, Open Society Institute, New York, 2008, 36 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]