Escáner mundial sobre la penalización

PLHIV advocates in Nigeria have effectively stopped sections of a law that would criminalise HIV exposure and transmission. During a consultation on the new Nigerian anti-HIV discrimination bill, that took place on 5 and 6 February 2013, the Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (NEPWHAN) presented results and recommendations from the PLHIV Stigma Index. This and other evidence, clearly shows both the ineffectiveness of HIV criminalization laws and the potential harmful consequences of such misguided legislation.

Following the presentations the paragraph on “willful and deliberate spread of HIV” was scrapped from the anti HIV discrimination bill “An Act to make provisions for the prevention of HIV discrimination and to protect the human rights and dignity of people living with HIV and affected by AIDS and other related matters”. While the bill is still at a draft stage, it is highly unlikely the paragraph will be reinserted.

In addition, NEPWHAN advocacy ensured the bill was developed beyond its initial workplace focus to also extended the protection to people living with HIV in schools, places of worship, correctional institutions, and the society at large.

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HIV is a Crime is a US documentary showing the absurdities in the US legal system around using peoples' HIV status as a additional felony charge. The documentary is supported by GNP+ North America.

Amsterdam 23/02/2012. Representatives from international civil society have released the Oslo Declaration on HIV Criminalisation. The declaration is an advocacy and policy statement against the overly-broad use of the criminal law to regulate and punish people living with HIV for behaviour that in any other circumstance would be considered lawful. The declaration was created and endorsed by twenty individuals and representatives of civil society from around the world with expert knowledge in health, scientific, social, ethical, political, human rights and judicial issues relating to HIV.

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El Informe de 2010 del Escáner mundial sobre la penalización ofrece una visión general de hasta qué punto se han utilizado las leyes penales, o de otros tipos, para acusar a las personas que viven con el VIH de la transmisión o la exposición al virus.

Todavía se debe comprender de manera integral cómo repercuten estas leyes en los derechos de las personas que viven con el VIH y en su acceso al tratamiento, la atención y el apoyo. Sin embargo, los datos que se ofrecen aquí muestran que no hay ninguna correlación entre la prevalencia del VIH en un país y la predisposición de dicho país a utilizar las leyes penales y otras medidas punitivas para regular la transmisión.

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GNP+ ha contribuido a la creación y aprobación del documento "10 Razones por las que la penalización de la exposición al VIH o su transmisión dañan a las mujeres”. El texto, que se presentó el Día Mundial del Sida de 2009, explica que penalizar la exposición al VIH o su transmisión expone a las mujeres a grandes peligros y a la violencia, en lugar de protegerlas de la infección. El documento, refrendado por otras 20 organizaciones de todo el mundo, pide que se protejan y promuevan los derechos de las mujeres para responder de manera efectiva al VIH.

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