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Making the law work for the HIV response

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  • ProtectivePunitiveLaws / English
  • ProtectivePunitiveLaws / French
TOPIC
  • Criminalisation
  • Human rights
TYPE
  • Position papers and guidance
AUTHOR
  • GNP+, HRI, ILGA, IIPF, UNAIDS
DATE
  • July 2010
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The present document is a compilation of some of the laws that can help create a legal environment which enables universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support (i.e protective laws) or that can block such access for people living with HIV, sex workers and their clients, men who have sex with men and people who use drugs (i.e. punitive laws). Corrections to the information herein are welcome and will be reflected in any future update of this document.

Available in English and French.

For more specific information on HIV and the law, go to the crminalisation scan website

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