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HIV and Criminal Law: Prevention or Punishment? - Vienna World AIDS Conference (July 18-23 2010)

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Information on "HIV and Criminal Law: Prevention or Punishment?" (Thursday July 22 2010, from 11:00-12:30, in Global Village Session Room 2) - exploring issues around HIV and overregulation....Requesting your response and ideas...

Speakers including E. Romanyak and P. Aksenov - both from the Russian Federation - will explore HIV criminalisation as one of the most powerful engines for stigma and discrimination. The debate will be based on specific problem blocks/questions, including: areas of life affected by HIV criminalisation; the definition of HIV infection criminalisation; specific acts subject to criminalisation; the influence on access to quality prevention, treatment, and care; the role of mass media; and related counselling and service delivery for people living with HIV. The debate will be preceded with some background information and an overview of legal practices.

What questions or observations would you like the presenters to consider in this session? What observations or ideas do you have related to advancing positive action on this theme? Please engage through this forum; click on "submit a group post" and share your thoughts with us!