http://hivlawandpolicy.org/public/feed RSS Feed for the Center for HIV Law and Policy en-us http://hivlawandpolicy.org/posts/view/212 The Center for HIV Law and Policy (CHLP) has updated two resources that could be helpful to HIV anti-discrimination advocates and attorneys representing PLWH. Together with the HIV Medicine Association (HIV MA), CHLP updated the Sample Expert ... Fri, 17 May 2013 11:31:15 -0400 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/posts/view/212 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/posts/view/211 The Center for HIV Law and Policy has a new toolkit with everything you need to get your member of Congress to become a REPEAL Act co-sponsor.  You can use the fact sheet, and the co-sponors' letter to their Congressional colleauges about the ... Thu, 16 May 2013 14:23:30 -0400 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/posts/view/211 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/844 H.R. 1843, the Repeal Existing Policies that Encourage and Allow Legal (REPEAL) HIV Discrimination Act, was introduced on May 7, 2013 by U.S. Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) and Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.). The bill addresses the ... Thu, 16 May 2013 14:14:29 -0400 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/844 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/posts/view/210 By Christina Rodriguez   Before I get started, I would like to provide you all with some key facts that you should keep in mind for the duration of this speech. HIV transmission can occur through breast milk (which has decreased due to ... Fri, 10 May 2013 13:17:05 -0400 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/posts/view/210 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/843   H.R. 1843, the Repeal Existing Policies that Encourage and Allow Legal (REPEAL) HIV Discrimination Act, was introduced on May 7, 2013 introduced by U.S. Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) and Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.). The ... Fri, 10 May 2013 12:15:53 -0400 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/843 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/842   This is H.R. 1843, the Repeal Existing Policies that Encourage and Allow Legal (REPEAL) HIV Discrimination Act, introduced by U.S. Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) and Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) on May 07, 2013. It would ... Fri, 10 May 2013 11:34:59 -0400 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/842 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/posts/view/209 Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Barbara Lee ( D-Calif.) was joined by Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) to introduce H.R. 1843, the Repeal Existing Policies that Encourage and Allow Legal (REPEAL) HIV Discrimination Act. The ... Tue, 07 May 2013 18:34:02 -0400 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/posts/view/209 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/841 The American Civil Liberties Union, The Center for HIV Law and Policy, Lambda Legal, and OutFront Minnesota filed this amicus brief in support of the defendant, Daniel Rick, whose felony conviction under Minnesota's ... Mon, 06 May 2013 16:19:36 -0400 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/841 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/posts/view/208 At an April 23, 2013 public hearing in Lower Manhattan, Adrian Guzman of The Center for HIV Law and Policy (CHLP) presented testimony on the need for written policies and standards on sexual health services to guide the New York City ... Wed, 01 May 2013 13:38:51 -0400 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/posts/view/208 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/posts/view/207 PJP Steering Committee members, Rashida Richardson of CHLP and Athena Moore of NBLCA,  will present "Women, HIV and Criminal Law: What Can You Do?" at the Iris House 8th Annual Women as the Face of AIDS Summit. The summit will be held Monday, May ... Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:20:46 -0400 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/posts/view/207 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/840 Grammy Award-winning artist and HIV advocate Alicia Keys teamed up with Greater Than AIDS to reach women about HIV/AIDS. Click here to watch the six minute conversation featuring Alicia Keys and five HIV-postive women speaking about being empowered ... Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:55:41 -0400 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/840 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/posts/view/206 Friday, April 26, 2013 "HIV Criminalization, Immigration, and Domestic & Sexual Violence"   12:00-1:00 p.m. (Eastern) Dial: (877) 317-0419 Enter access code: 265 842 38 (Registration not required; just dial in!) Catherine ... Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:01:29 -0400 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/posts/view/206 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/839 This plan describes the New York City Administration for Children's Services (ACS) proposed implementation of the Close to Home juvenile justice reform initiative. Pending approval by the New York State Office of Children and Family Services ... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:57:23 -0400 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/839 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/838 The Center for HIV Law and Policy (CHLP) submitted this testimony on July 5, 2012 to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Commission on GLBT Youth (the Commission), Per the Commission's request for public comments on the opportunities and challenges ... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:40:50 -0400 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/838 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/837 This community-based participatory research study explores African American youth and adult perspectives on sex education and its impact on HIV/AIDS in their rural North Carolina communities. Despite potential bias, both youth and adult participants ... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:50:21 -0400 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/837 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/836 This article uses national survey and Centers for Disease Control data to examine the relevance of HIV status, risk behavior, and viral suppression awareness in transmission rates among risk populations. Reinforcing current prevention knowledge, the ... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:45:46 -0400 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/836 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/835 This New York City Administration for Children's Services (ACS) LGBTQ policy sets forth guidelines ensuring that all LGBTQ youth and families involved with ACS are provided a safe, healthy, inclusive, affirming, and discrimination-free environment. ... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:33:56 -0400 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/835 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/posts/view/205 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 13:16:03 -0400 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/posts/view/205 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/posts/view/204 The Center for HIV Law and Policy (CHLP), the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE) and the American Association of Prosecuting Attorneys (AAPA) today published a new fact sheet that they hope will bring law enforcement ... Fri, 29 Mar 2013 13:20:32 -0400 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/posts/view/204 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/834 Every year people with HIV are the subject of felony criminal charges ranging from aggravated assault to intentional HIV transmission following police encounters in which defendants are accused of spitting at or biting police or corrections officers. ... Fri, 29 Mar 2013 12:49:32 -0400 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/834 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/833 This journal article reviews data on arrests for HIV-specific crimes in the Nashville, Tennessee prosecutorial region from 2000 to 2010. These crimes include class C felonies of criminal exposure of another to HIV or hepatitis B or C, and aggravated ... Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:01:47 -0400 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/833 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/posts/view/203   The Positive Justice Project, in collaboration with the ACLU of Michigan, AIDS Partnership Michigan, The National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS, Serra Services PLLC and several other local advocates, will host a Community Roundtable on ... Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:54:37 -0400 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/posts/view/203 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/832 This is a 2012 decision by the Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee reversing the defendant's conviction of criminal exposure to HIV and imposing one of attempt to expose one to HIV.   In 2009, a jury convicted Ronnie Ingram of aggravated ... Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:38:58 -0400 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/832 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/831 This article examines the practices of Michigan health officials in investigating "health threat to others" cases that may be in violation of the state's HIV criminalization statutes. "Health threat" laws refer to a set of laws ... Wed, 13 Mar 2013 10:53:59 -0400 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/831 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/830 This report provides a review of the literature on the overlapping epidemics of mass incarceration and HIV/AIDS concentrated among poor communities of color, and the role that housing instability plays in exacerbating both. After exploring the ... Wed, 13 Mar 2013 10:48:15 -0400 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/830 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/posts/view/202 The event is on Monday, March 11, 2013 from 4:30pm – 6:30pm at the College of Staten Island in the Green Dophin Lounge, 1C.   Tue, 05 Mar 2013 11:53:42 -0500 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/posts/view/202 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/posts/view/201 Long after completing a program designed to teach about contraception and healthy relationships, teenage girls considered high risk for unprotected sex and pregnancy were using contraceptives more often and maintaining other safer sexual practices, ... Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:13:43 -0500 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/posts/view/201 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/829  This settlement resolves allegations that the Castlewood Treatment Center violated the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) by refusing to treat a woman for a serious eating disorder on the basis of her HIV infection. Despite ... Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:11:07 -0500 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/829 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/posts/view/199 The HIV Prevention Justice Alliance (HIV PJA), a Positive Justice Project organization, ran a successful outreach campaign to increase endorserment of the Positive Justice Project Consensus Statement on HIV Criminalization in the United States. The ... Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:40:52 -0500 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/posts/view/199 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/posts/view/198 The Legal Toolkit was created primarily as a go-to resource for lawyers representing people living with HIV who are facing criminal prosecution based on HIV status. However, other advocates are likely to find the Legal Toolkit useful. The Toolkit ... Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:14:16 -0500 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/posts/view/198 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/828 The Legal Toolkit was created primarily as a go-to resource for lawyers representing people living with HIV who are facing criminal prosecution based on HIV status. However, other advocates are likely to find the Legal Toolkit useful. The Toolkit ... Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:05:29 -0500 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/828 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/827 The following are organizations that have joined the Positive Justice Project.  Because a number of PJP's individual members are current targets of HIV-related prosecutions, are not publicly-identified as HIV-positive, or have other reasons for ... Fri, 22 Feb 2013 14:36:31 -0500 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/827 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/826 This ADA Enforcement Guidance publication sets forth the restrictions on an employer's right to inquire about an applicant's physical and/or mental condition during the application process. Under the ADA, an employer may not ask an applicant ... Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:06:36 -0500 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/826 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/825 This article identifies the specific components of community-level and structural-level HIV prevention interventions targeting men who have sex with men that have proven effective in reducing homophobia and affirming the healthy formation of gay and ... Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:34:17 -0500 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/825 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/posts/view/197 On Tuesday, February 12th, the HIV Prevention Justice Alliance (HIV PJA) will host a campaign briefing call to discuss the recent vote by the President's Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) calling for reforms around criminalization. The call will ... Fri, 08 Feb 2013 13:51:25 -0500 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/posts/view/197 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/posts/view/196 by Catherine Hanssens Executive Director, CHLP The Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) today voted to approve a resolution calling for federal action against HIV criminalization. The resolution includes the ... Thu, 07 Feb 2013 16:28:52 -0500 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/posts/view/196 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/824 The President's Adviisory Council on AIDS voted on February 7, 2013, to approve a resolution calling for federal action against HIV criminalization. The resolution includes the following recommendations: 1. The Department of Justice (DOJ) ... Thu, 07 Feb 2013 16:15:20 -0500 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/824 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/posts/view/195 Researchers in Ottawa, Canada, conducted a study to examine HIV Testing, HIV Diagnoses, and the attitudes of men who have sex with men following some local nondisclosure prosecution media releases. While their quantitative results did not find a ... Wed, 06 Feb 2013 12:48:28 -0500 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/posts/view/195 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/823 This study was designed to examine HIV testing, HIV diagnoses, and the attitudes of men who have sex with men following media releases about a local nondisclosure prosecution in Ottawa, Canada. The authors first reviewed the trends ... Wed, 06 Feb 2013 12:40:48 -0500 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/823 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/posts/view/193  The Positive Justice Project, in collaboration with the Tennessee AIDS Advocacy Network (TAAN) and Tennessee Association of People With AIDS (TAPWA), will host a Community Roundtable on HIV Criminalization in Tennessee on March 20, 2013 from ... Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:23:00 -0500 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/posts/view/193 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/posts/view/192 The Policy Committee of the HIV Health & Human Services Planning Council invited the Positive Justice Project (PJP) to present on issues related to HIV criminalization at the Committee's January 2013 meeting at AIDS Service Center in ... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:08:38 -0500 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/posts/view/192 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/posts/view/191 The United Nations NGO Committee on HIV/AIDS will hold a panel discussion on HIV-related issues during the 51st Session of the Commission on Social Development. The event, "Empowering People Living with HIV by Eliminating Stigma and ... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:06:03 -0500 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/posts/view/191 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/822 This report provides a comprehensive overview of the issue of HIV in the United States correctional system from a human rights and social justice perspective. Covered topics include background information on HIV in the criminal justice system, ... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 11:31:20 -0500 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/822 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/posts/view/190 The 57th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women accepted for publication a Statement calling for the repeal of all laws criminalizing HIV transmission, exposure to HIV, or failure to disclose HIV status. The Statement, authored by The ... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 16:59:02 -0500 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/posts/view/190 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/821 This Statement, accepted for publication by the 57th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, calls for the repeal of all laws criminalizing HIV transmission, exposure to HIV, or failure to disclose HIV status. The Statement, ... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 16:52:34 -0500 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/821 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/posts/view/189 Bisexual women in the United States are more likely to suffer from domestic violence than either lesbian or heterosexual women, a new government report shows. "We know that violence affects everyone, regardless of sexual orientation. This report ... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:38:22 -0500 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/posts/view/189 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/820 A United States District Court judge held that the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) HIV segregation policy, which categorically segregates HIV-positive prisoners from the general prison population, was in violation of the Americans with ... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:20:29 -0500 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/820 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/posts/view/188 Now that antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea has made its way to North America, and advocacy organizations are positing the question of whether microbicides can replace condoms for preventing HIV transmission, we thought it time to offer a brief ... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 12:35:45 -0500 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/posts/view/188 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/posts/view/187 Spencer Cox, a smart and funny treatment activist, died in December 2012 at the age of 44 after more than two decades of engagement in the AIDS Wars. His astute, poignant and recent obervation to film maker David France of what he learned in those ... Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:04:29 -0500 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/posts/view/187 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/posts/view/186 On December 4th, 2012, the Atlantic's article in commemoration of World AIDS Day, "How Close Are We to an AIDS-Free Generation?"  notes the influence that criminalization has on reaching the National AIDS Strategy's goals. "It is difficult ... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 13:38:34 -0500 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/posts/view/186