- Authors
- Jürgens, Ralf, Jonathan Cohen, Edwin Cameron, Scott Burris, Michaela Clayton, Richard Elliot, Richard Pearshouse, Anne Gathumbi and Delme Cupido
- Title
- 10 Reasons to Oppose the Criminalization of HIV Exposure or Transmission
- Imprint
- Open Society Institute, New York, 2008, 36 pp
- Description
"10 Reasons to Oppose Criminalization of HIV Exposure or Transmission was written by Ralf Jürgens, Jonathan Cohen, Edwin Cameron, Scott Burris, Michaela Clayton, Richard Elliott, Richard Pearshouse, Anne Gathumbi, and Delme Cupido, with substantial input from many of the endorsing organizations, and based on previous work by the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, UNAIDS, UNDP, the AIDS & Rights Alliance for Southern Africa, 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 and individuals that have undertaken work on the subject of criminalization of HIV transmission and exposure.
The development of this document was supported financially by the Law and Health Initiative of the Open Society Institute Public Health Program and additional funding was provided by UNDP. The International Council of AIDS Service Organizations (ICASO), AIDS & Rights Alliance for Southern Africa, German AIDS Federation, Beijing AIZHIXING Institute, and Italian League for Fighting AIDS supported the translations into Spanish, Portuguese, German, Chinese and Italian, respectively. The financial contribution of UNDP towards the document is gratefully acknowledged but its content and ideas expressed therein do not engage the responsibility of UNDP."- Abstract
"This document provides ten reasons why criminalizing HIV exposure or transmission is generally an unjust and ineffective public policy."
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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 Why Criminalization of HIV Exposure or Transmission is Bad Public Policy, DRAFT FOR DISCUSSION – SEPTEMBER 17, 2008, Open Society Institute, 17 September, 2008, 14 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]