OSLO DECLARATION ON HIV CRIMINALISATION

An innovative partnership was formalised in 2010 between RFSU (the Swedish Association for Sexuality Education), HIV-Sweden, and RFSL (the Swedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights) to raise awareness and advocate against the criminalization of HIV transmission and exposure in Sweden.

Before public campaigning for the decriminalization of HIV transmission and exposure, a need was identified to first strengthen the dialogue on this issue among networks of people living with HIV and AIDS service organizations in Germany. In 2011, Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe embarked on a project to conduct a series of interviews to highlight the criminalization of HIV transmission and exposure from perspectives of prevention, treatment, legal practice and public health.

An innovative partnership was formalised in 2010 between RFSU (the Swedish Association for Sexuality Education), HIV-Sweden, and RFSL (the Swedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights) to raise awareness and advocate against the criminalization of HIV transmission and exposure in Sweden.

International

For more information on the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) visit the website here. 

Visit Edwin J Bernard's Leading Blog on criminalization for up to date news from across the globe here.

Learn more about the People living with HIV Stigma Index here.  

Criminal prosecutions involving HIV transmission or exposure have become more common in Australia in recent years. This has sparked renewed interest in the intersection of public health measures and the criminal law.

In February 2011, Denmark suspended a law criminalizing wilful infection or exposure to the risk of HIV while it considers a complete review.

Advocacy groups in the Netherlands have been successful in stopping prosecutions in recent years. HIV organizations in the Netherlands came together and became actively involved in individual cases.