 
December 9, 2008
New Website Tracks HIV Criminalization Worldwide
The Global Network of People Living with HIV (GNP+) launched a website on World AIDS Day that documents HIV exposure/transmission laws and prosecutions around the globe, aidsmap reports. According to the site’s data, the United States tops the world table of HIV criminalization cases.
The GNP+ Global Criminalization Scan website has collected data from more than 150 jurisdictions in North America, Latin America, Europe and Central Asia and the Asia Pacific region. Additional data will be available from Africa and the Caribbean early in 2009.
According to the website, its aims are to “collect and keep up-to-date information on national or state level laws criminalizing HIV exposure or transmission,” “provide a clearinghouse for resources, research and initiatives on the subject” and “to provide a platform for advocacy initiatives.”
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Danny, New York City, 2009-01-31 21:02:20
I have recently been infected with HIV. I found out the person who gave me HIV lied to me about his status. I asked him 3 times and he replied I am Negative and healthy, no STD's. Is that a crime in NYC? He knew he was HIV positive.
mark, mpls., 2008-12-11 07:05:22
THERE NEEDS TO BE PROSICUTION NOW OF ANYONE KNOWN TO BE HIV POZITIVE AND INFECTS ANOTHER PERSON LAWS ARE NEEDED TO TELL THE HIV,IF YOU GET ANYONE HIV POZ.YOU WILL BE PUT IN PRISON THIS WILL HELP SEND THE MESSAGE TO THE INFECTED TO STOP HAVING UNPROTECTED SEX AND GETTING OTHERS SICK, THIS IS NEEDED NOW
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