An HIV-positive man originally from the Democratic Republic of the Congo who has been in an Ontario prison since December 2005, and who pleaded guilty to three counts of HIV-related aggravated sexual assault in April 2007, and was sentenced to an additional 30 months imprisonment, has now pleaded guilty in Saskatchewan on similar charges.
According to a brief report in The Windsor Star the 45-year-old HIV-positive man pleaded guilty to aggravated sexual assault for not disclosing his HIV status to a woman before having unprotected sex with her. The report says the woman "is a single mother who is now HIV-positive."
I reported on the man's previous conviction here.
This blog, Criminal HIV Transmission, a collection of published news stories, opinion, and resources about so-called 'HIV crimes', has now been incorporated into the new HIV Justice Network website, and will not be updated as of November 15th 2012. For more information about the HIV Justice Network, please visit http://www.hivjustice.net
About Me
HIV and the Criminal Law
This international resource, HIV and the Criminal Law, which I wrote and edited for NAM, is available as an A5 book and at www.aidsmap.com/law. To order your copy visit www.aidsmap.com/law, or contact NAM at +44 (0)20 7840 0050, email: info@nam.org.uk If you are based in a low or lower middle income country, as defined by the World Bank, and would like a free copy of this book please contact NAM.
Why Criminalisation Matters
Click on the image above to listen to Sean Strub, Catherine Hanssens, Vanessa Johnson and I discuss why HIV criminalisation in the US is a major issue for public health and human rights. The panel took place in February 2011 as part of the eQuality Thinking virtual convention.
Funders Concerned About AIDS
I delivered the keynote address, 'Combating HIV Criminalization at Home & Abroad', to the annual gathering of US-based HIV funders in Washington DC in December 2010. Video of my presentation is now available. Visit the FCAA website to watch it online.
Kafkaesque: A critical analysis of US HIV non-disclosure, exposure & transmission cases, 2007-2009
This poster presented to the XVIII International AIDS Conference in Vienna in July 2010, highlights how the US criminal justice system routinely breaches international human rights standards [click on the image to download an interactive pdf file]
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