By Kat Smithson As I enter my last week working at National AIDS Trust, and with today marking international HIV is Not a Crime Awareness Day (HINAC Day), I’ve been reflecting on the many examples of the criminalisation of HIV that...

By Kat Smithson Since 2001 it has been possible to be prosecuted for the reckless or intentional transmission of HIV in England and Wales. To date there have been more than 30 people convicted of reckless HIV transmission, and one...

Last month newspapers reported the trial and conviction of a man who had gone berserk in a Manchester hotel, during which he both caused criminal damage and bit a police officer who had been called to the scene to restrain him. Deplorable of course...

At the International AIDS Conference in Melbourne there has been lots of talk about the criminal law can impede the global fight against HIV.

There have been a number of reports of on an HIV criminalisation case in the media this week, describing the man involved as ‘knowingly’ infecting his then girlfriend.