HIV Justice Network
@hivjustice.net
The leading community-based NGO building co-ordinated, effective global responses to punitive laws and policies that impact people living with HIV in all our diversities #HIVcriminalisation
#HIVJustice #HIVJUSTICEWORLDWIDE #HIVtravel #PositiveDestinations
#HIVJustice #HIVJUSTICEWORLDWIDE #HIVtravel #PositiveDestinations
The Expert Consensus Statement has been instrumental to successful defences in court.
It has also been used to support strategic litigation, including testing the constitutionality of highly problematic laws, and as evidence in court cases challenging sodomy laws.
www.hivjustice.net/publications
It has also been used to support strategic litigation, including testing the constitutionality of highly problematic laws, and as evidence in court cases challenging sodomy laws.
www.hivjustice.net/publications
November 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The Expert Consensus Statement has been instrumental to successful defences in court.
It has also been used to support strategic litigation, including testing the constitutionality of highly problematic laws, and as evidence in court cases challenging sodomy laws.
www.hivjustice.net/publications
It has also been used to support strategic litigation, including testing the constitutionality of highly problematic laws, and as evidence in court cases challenging sodomy laws.
www.hivjustice.net/publications
Last chance!
If your organisation has contributed to progress toward decriminalisation in the past five years, we want to hear from you.
🗓 Submit your case study by 14 November 2025
👉 tinyurl.com/HIVDecrim
If your organisation has contributed to progress toward decriminalisation in the past five years, we want to hear from you.
🗓 Submit your case study by 14 November 2025
👉 tinyurl.com/HIVDecrim
November 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Last chance!
If your organisation has contributed to progress toward decriminalisation in the past five years, we want to hear from you.
🗓 Submit your case study by 14 November 2025
👉 tinyurl.com/HIVDecrim
If your organisation has contributed to progress toward decriminalisation in the past five years, we want to hear from you.
🗓 Submit your case study by 14 November 2025
👉 tinyurl.com/HIVDecrim
Stigma, prosecutions and lack of trust deter testing and treatment. Criminalisation hinders public health efforts to stop #HIV transmission.
📖 Find out why criminalisation weakens our HIV response on our website.
www.hivjustice.net
📖 Find out why criminalisation weakens our HIV response on our website.
www.hivjustice.net
November 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Stigma, prosecutions and lack of trust deter testing and treatment. Criminalisation hinders public health efforts to stop #HIV transmission.
📖 Find out why criminalisation weakens our HIV response on our website.
www.hivjustice.net
📖 Find out why criminalisation weakens our HIV response on our website.
www.hivjustice.net
What documentation do I need?
What do I do about my medicines?
How can I access healthcare?
How can I better take care of myself while traveling with #HIV?
We compiled Frequently Asked Questions to help you navigate your next destination www.positivedestinations.info/faqs/
What do I do about my medicines?
How can I access healthcare?
How can I better take care of myself while traveling with #HIV?
We compiled Frequently Asked Questions to help you navigate your next destination www.positivedestinations.info/faqs/
November 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
What documentation do I need?
What do I do about my medicines?
How can I access healthcare?
How can I better take care of myself while traveling with #HIV?
We compiled Frequently Asked Questions to help you navigate your next destination www.positivedestinations.info/faqs/
What do I do about my medicines?
How can I access healthcare?
How can I better take care of myself while traveling with #HIV?
We compiled Frequently Asked Questions to help you navigate your next destination www.positivedestinations.info/faqs/
Case reports, including the number of known cases, should be considered illustrative of what is likely a more widespread, poorly documented use of criminal law against people living with #HIV.
www.hivjustice.net/global-hiv-c...
www.hivjustice.net/global-hiv-c...
November 3, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Case reports, including the number of known cases, should be considered illustrative of what is likely a more widespread, poorly documented use of criminal law against people living with #HIV.
www.hivjustice.net/global-hiv-c...
www.hivjustice.net/global-hiv-c...
Laws should protect, not punish.
HJN is collecting good practices in HIV decriminalisation from around the world.
Have a case study to share?
Learn more: mailchi.mp/hivjustice.n...
Respond by 14 Nov 2025 → tinyurl.com/HIVDecrim
HJN is collecting good practices in HIV decriminalisation from around the world.
Have a case study to share?
Learn more: mailchi.mp/hivjustice.n...
Respond by 14 Nov 2025 → tinyurl.com/HIVDecrim
October 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Laws should protect, not punish.
HJN is collecting good practices in HIV decriminalisation from around the world.
Have a case study to share?
Learn more: mailchi.mp/hivjustice.n...
Respond by 14 Nov 2025 → tinyurl.com/HIVDecrim
HJN is collecting good practices in HIV decriminalisation from around the world.
Have a case study to share?
Learn more: mailchi.mp/hivjustice.n...
Respond by 14 Nov 2025 → tinyurl.com/HIVDecrim
New Research! Our Executive Director, Edwin J Bernard, traces two decades of work against #HIVcriminalisation in a new paper published in AIDS Care. Discover how science and community voices have influenced laws and public understanding. Read the full paper academy.hivjustice.net/wp-content/u...
October 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
New Research! Our Executive Director, Edwin J Bernard, traces two decades of work against #HIVcriminalisation in a new paper published in AIDS Care. Discover how science and community voices have influenced laws and public understanding. Read the full paper academy.hivjustice.net/wp-content/u...
🎓 Grow as a leader in the #HIV response!
Take the @iasociety.bsky.social 's free course on gender & #HIV. Learn how gender impacts HIV & apply it in your work.
🖱️ Sign up now on #IASPlus & explore more free courses:
plus.iasociety.org/all-courses/...
Take the @iasociety.bsky.social 's free course on gender & #HIV. Learn how gender impacts HIV & apply it in your work.
🖱️ Sign up now on #IASPlus & explore more free courses:
plus.iasociety.org/all-courses/...
October 23, 2025 at 1:03 PM
🎓 Grow as a leader in the #HIV response!
Take the @iasociety.bsky.social 's free course on gender & #HIV. Learn how gender impacts HIV & apply it in your work.
🖱️ Sign up now on #IASPlus & explore more free courses:
plus.iasociety.org/all-courses/...
Take the @iasociety.bsky.social 's free course on gender & #HIV. Learn how gender impacts HIV & apply it in your work.
🖱️ Sign up now on #IASPlus & explore more free courses:
plus.iasociety.org/all-courses/...
This rise in prosecutions for #HIV non-disclosure, exposure, or unintentional transmission, often with harsh sentences, indicates a stalling in legal reforms and a persistent misuse of outdated laws.
Discover our e-poster for critical insights!
www.hivjustice.net/wp-content/u...
Discover our e-poster for critical insights!
www.hivjustice.net/wp-content/u...
October 16, 2025 at 1:02 PM
This rise in prosecutions for #HIV non-disclosure, exposure, or unintentional transmission, often with harsh sentences, indicates a stalling in legal reforms and a persistent misuse of outdated laws.
Discover our e-poster for critical insights!
www.hivjustice.net/wp-content/u...
Discover our e-poster for critical insights!
www.hivjustice.net/wp-content/u...
A pilot from Germany, living with HIV, shares his experiences navigating international travel. The fear of discrimination and potential consequences in countries with restrictive laws has led to constant subliminal anxiety.
Watch this and other stories at www.positivedestinations.info
Watch this and other stories at www.positivedestinations.info
October 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
A pilot from Germany, living with HIV, shares his experiences navigating international travel. The fear of discrimination and potential consequences in countries with restrictive laws has led to constant subliminal anxiety.
Watch this and other stories at www.positivedestinations.info
Watch this and other stories at www.positivedestinations.info
Stigma, prosecutions and lack of trust deter testing and treatment.
Criminalisation hinders public health efforts to stop H#IV transmission.
📖 Find out why criminalisation weakens our HIV response on our website.
www.hivjustice.net
Criminalisation hinders public health efforts to stop H#IV transmission.
📖 Find out why criminalisation weakens our HIV response on our website.
www.hivjustice.net
October 9, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Stigma, prosecutions and lack of trust deter testing and treatment.
Criminalisation hinders public health efforts to stop H#IV transmission.
📖 Find out why criminalisation weakens our HIV response on our website.
www.hivjustice.net
Criminalisation hinders public health efforts to stop H#IV transmission.
📖 Find out why criminalisation weakens our HIV response on our website.
www.hivjustice.net
Looking for in-depth information on #HIV criminalisation?
Our resource library contains a collection of academic papers, legal analyses, and policy recommendations to back your research and advocacy
academy.hivjustice.net/resource-lib...
Our resource library contains a collection of academic papers, legal analyses, and policy recommendations to back your research and advocacy
academy.hivjustice.net/resource-lib...
October 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Looking for in-depth information on #HIV criminalisation?
Our resource library contains a collection of academic papers, legal analyses, and policy recommendations to back your research and advocacy
academy.hivjustice.net/resource-lib...
Our resource library contains a collection of academic papers, legal analyses, and policy recommendations to back your research and advocacy
academy.hivjustice.net/resource-lib...
Our latest data presented at #IAS2025 tracks global policies harming migrants, students & workers living with #HIV.
Explore Positive Destinations www.positivedestinations.info/news/17928-g...
Explore Positive Destinations www.positivedestinations.info/news/17928-g...
October 2, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Our latest data presented at #IAS2025 tracks global policies harming migrants, students & workers living with #HIV.
Explore Positive Destinations www.positivedestinations.info/news/17928-g...
Explore Positive Destinations www.positivedestinations.info/news/17928-g...
We are partnering with @iasociety.bsky.social to present their interactive digital platform and help you drive greater impact in the HIV response!
Explore free, interactive HIV-related courses, educational resources, & on-demand sessions from the IAS global conferences & webinars.
Explore free, interactive HIV-related courses, educational resources, & on-demand sessions from the IAS global conferences & webinars.
September 29, 2025 at 3:10 PM
We are partnering with @iasociety.bsky.social to present their interactive digital platform and help you drive greater impact in the HIV response!
Explore free, interactive HIV-related courses, educational resources, & on-demand sessions from the IAS global conferences & webinars.
Explore free, interactive HIV-related courses, educational resources, & on-demand sessions from the IAS global conferences & webinars.
New in AIDS Care: Humanising the law by HJN’s Edwin J. Bernard.
Science, storytelling & solidarity are reshaping laws on #HIVcriminalisation.
Learn how to access a free eprint of the article in this week’s #HIVJustice News: mailchi.mp/hivjustice.n...
Science, storytelling & solidarity are reshaping laws on #HIVcriminalisation.
Learn how to access a free eprint of the article in this week’s #HIVJustice News: mailchi.mp/hivjustice.n...
September 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
New in AIDS Care: Humanising the law by HJN’s Edwin J. Bernard.
Science, storytelling & solidarity are reshaping laws on #HIVcriminalisation.
Learn how to access a free eprint of the article in this week’s #HIVJustice News: mailchi.mp/hivjustice.n...
Science, storytelling & solidarity are reshaping laws on #HIVcriminalisation.
Learn how to access a free eprint of the article in this week’s #HIVJustice News: mailchi.mp/hivjustice.n...
#HIV-specific criminal laws are discriminatory and stigmatising.
People with other serious blood borne infections – including hepatitis B and C and syphilis – are not singled out with specific laws, nor for prosecution under general criminal laws.
www.hivjustice.net/publication/...
People with other serious blood borne infections – including hepatitis B and C and syphilis – are not singled out with specific laws, nor for prosecution under general criminal laws.
www.hivjustice.net/publication/...
September 22, 2025 at 1:03 PM
#HIV-specific criminal laws are discriminatory and stigmatising.
People with other serious blood borne infections – including hepatitis B and C and syphilis – are not singled out with specific laws, nor for prosecution under general criminal laws.
www.hivjustice.net/publication/...
People with other serious blood borne infections – including hepatitis B and C and syphilis – are not singled out with specific laws, nor for prosecution under general criminal laws.
www.hivjustice.net/publication/...
Dreaming of your next adventure or considering a move?
Understanding #HIV-related travel and migration policies is key to a smooth journey.
Our website features a dedicated news hub!
Plan smarter, travel safer: www.positivedestinations.info/news/
Understanding #HIV-related travel and migration policies is key to a smooth journey.
Our website features a dedicated news hub!
Plan smarter, travel safer: www.positivedestinations.info/news/
September 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Dreaming of your next adventure or considering a move?
Understanding #HIV-related travel and migration policies is key to a smooth journey.
Our website features a dedicated news hub!
Plan smarter, travel safer: www.positivedestinations.info/news/
Understanding #HIV-related travel and migration policies is key to a smooth journey.
Our website features a dedicated news hub!
Plan smarter, travel safer: www.positivedestinations.info/news/
HIV criminalisation laws are often vague and overly broad, leaving people living with HIV vulnerable to human rights abuses.
🔍 #HIVCriminalisation laws target marginalised communities, worsening stigma and inequality.
academy.hivjustice.net
🔍 #HIVCriminalisation laws target marginalised communities, worsening stigma and inequality.
academy.hivjustice.net
September 15, 2025 at 1:06 PM
HIV criminalisation laws are often vague and overly broad, leaving people living with HIV vulnerable to human rights abuses.
🔍 #HIVCriminalisation laws target marginalised communities, worsening stigma and inequality.
academy.hivjustice.net
🔍 #HIVCriminalisation laws target marginalised communities, worsening stigma and inequality.
academy.hivjustice.net
The upward trend continued into 2025, with 48 #HIV criminalisation cases reported in just the first six months. Uzbekistan (28) and Russia (9) again accounted for the majority, alongside new cases in the US, Canada, and Argentina.
What are the 2025 trends? 👉 www.hivjustice.net/news/new-glo...
What are the 2025 trends? 👉 www.hivjustice.net/news/new-glo...
September 11, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The upward trend continued into 2025, with 48 #HIV criminalisation cases reported in just the first six months. Uzbekistan (28) and Russia (9) again accounted for the majority, alongside new cases in the US, Canada, and Argentina.
What are the 2025 trends? 👉 www.hivjustice.net/news/new-glo...
What are the 2025 trends? 👉 www.hivjustice.net/news/new-glo...
🗺️ Interactive #HIV Criminalisation Map
See how laws are applied worldwide:
📌 Select by category (HIV-specific, communicable diseases, etc.)
📌 Click on a country to explore case reports
www.hivjustice.net/global-hiv-c...
See how laws are applied worldwide:
📌 Select by category (HIV-specific, communicable diseases, etc.)
📌 Click on a country to explore case reports
www.hivjustice.net/global-hiv-c...
September 8, 2025 at 1:01 PM
🗺️ Interactive #HIV Criminalisation Map
See how laws are applied worldwide:
📌 Select by category (HIV-specific, communicable diseases, etc.)
📌 Click on a country to explore case reports
www.hivjustice.net/global-hiv-c...
See how laws are applied worldwide:
📌 Select by category (HIV-specific, communicable diseases, etc.)
📌 Click on a country to explore case reports
www.hivjustice.net/global-hiv-c...
Summer travels are more than just a holiday—they're about freedom, new experiences, and living life to the fullest.
Knowing what to expect when traveling is a huge part of that journey.
Have you travelled recently? Share your experiences with us!
www.positivedestinations.info #HIV
Knowing what to expect when traveling is a huge part of that journey.
Have you travelled recently? Share your experiences with us!
www.positivedestinations.info #HIV
September 4, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Summer travels are more than just a holiday—they're about freedom, new experiences, and living life to the fullest.
Knowing what to expect when traveling is a huge part of that journey.
Have you travelled recently? Share your experiences with us!
www.positivedestinations.info #HIV
Knowing what to expect when traveling is a huge part of that journey.
Have you travelled recently? Share your experiences with us!
www.positivedestinations.info #HIV
From the basics to expert-level insights, the #HIV Criminalisation Online Course offers learning materials and resources to help you advocate for legal and policy reform.
➡️ Prepare for Action with the HIV Justice Academy
Enrol now academy.hivjustice.net/learning/
➡️ Prepare for Action with the HIV Justice Academy
Enrol now academy.hivjustice.net/learning/
September 2, 2025 at 1:04 PM
From the basics to expert-level insights, the #HIV Criminalisation Online Course offers learning materials and resources to help you advocate for legal and policy reform.
➡️ Prepare for Action with the HIV Justice Academy
Enrol now academy.hivjustice.net/learning/
➡️ Prepare for Action with the HIV Justice Academy
Enrol now academy.hivjustice.net/learning/
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Announcing 24 Hours to Save AIDS Research! Join us September 16 starting at 11am ET as we come together in community, share insights, answer questions, and inspire action! Register bit.ly/45U1keO and join us on YouTube bit.ly/45Qftts #saveAIDSresearch
August 29, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Announcing 24 Hours to Save AIDS Research! Join us September 16 starting at 11am ET as we come together in community, share insights, answer questions, and inspire action! Register bit.ly/45U1keO and join us on YouTube bit.ly/45Qftts #saveAIDSresearch
The latest HIV Justice News (29 August) is out!
Lead story: our 2024 Annual Report – a year of progress, challenge & purpose.
Plus: all latest cases, news, publications & events for HIV justice advocates.
Read now: mailchi.mp/hivjustice.n...
#HIVJustice #HumanRights #HIVisNotaCrime
Lead story: our 2024 Annual Report – a year of progress, challenge & purpose.
Plus: all latest cases, news, publications & events for HIV justice advocates.
Read now: mailchi.mp/hivjustice.n...
#HIVJustice #HumanRights #HIVisNotaCrime
August 29, 2025 at 1:18 PM
The latest HIV Justice News (29 August) is out!
Lead story: our 2024 Annual Report – a year of progress, challenge & purpose.
Plus: all latest cases, news, publications & events for HIV justice advocates.
Read now: mailchi.mp/hivjustice.n...
#HIVJustice #HumanRights #HIVisNotaCrime
Lead story: our 2024 Annual Report – a year of progress, challenge & purpose.
Plus: all latest cases, news, publications & events for HIV justice advocates.
Read now: mailchi.mp/hivjustice.n...
#HIVJustice #HumanRights #HIVisNotaCrime
In 2024, Positive Destinations documented several cases of deportation based solely on HIV status:
🔸Kuwait deported over 100 people,
🔸Russia's Dagestan region deported nine,
🔸Libya deported two.
Explore Positive Destinations www.positivedestinations.info/news/17928-g...
🔸Kuwait deported over 100 people,
🔸Russia's Dagestan region deported nine,
🔸Libya deported two.
Explore Positive Destinations www.positivedestinations.info/news/17928-g...
August 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
In 2024, Positive Destinations documented several cases of deportation based solely on HIV status:
🔸Kuwait deported over 100 people,
🔸Russia's Dagestan region deported nine,
🔸Libya deported two.
Explore Positive Destinations www.positivedestinations.info/news/17928-g...
🔸Kuwait deported over 100 people,
🔸Russia's Dagestan region deported nine,
🔸Libya deported two.
Explore Positive Destinations www.positivedestinations.info/news/17928-g...