“Criminalization laws have one thing in common. They misstate how #HIV is transmitted.” - @LindaGailBekker launching the #IASLancet Expert Consensus Statement addressing the use of #HIV science by the criminal justice system https://t.co/NL4IOfc6pg #ZeroDiscriminationDay https://t.co/cOWpQu14xS
Expert consensus statement on the science of HIV in the context of criminal law.
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The group of discussions strongly supports the scientific consensus on HIV and its implications for justice, citing examples such as the statement's endorsement by over 70 scientists and its role in reforming laws, with tone emphasizing urgency and importance for human rights and legal accuracy.
Most discussions clearly support the scientific consensus, emphasizing how the statement clarifies HIV transmission facts and promotes justice.
Posts show high engagement with the topic, referencing specific scientific details, legal implications, and advocacy efforts.
Many discussions include references to scientific reports, legal reforms, and calls to action, indicating active consideration.
The discussions underscore the statement’s influence on legal practices and policies in various countries and international organizations.
Abstract in brief
- Prosecutions related to HIV in criminal cases often involve situations like sexual activity, biting, or spitting, where no harm or transmission actually occurred, indicating that legal actions may not always be based on robust scientific evidence.
- A group of 20 scientists reviewed and summarized current research on HIV transmission, treatment, and forensic proof to guide how scientific evidence should be used in criminal law; they highlighted that transmission risk varies depending on factors like viral load and condom use, with the likelihood during a single act generally being very low or nonexistent.
- The report emphasizes that modern HIV treatments have significantly improved health outcomes, making HIV a manageable condition, and notes that forensic tools like phylogenetic analysis cannot definitively prove who infected whom but can be useful for exonerating defendants in court.
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Most liked on X and BlueskyWATCH! .@HIVJusticeNet, along with @IAS, @IAPAC, and @UNAIDS, played a crucial role in developing the 'Expert Consensus Statement on the Science of HIV in the Context of Criminal Law. Published & launched 5 years ago at AIDS 2018. Check out the video overview: https://t.co/ijYYJmRcev
“Criminalization laws have one thing in common. They misstate how #HIV is transmitted.” - @LindaGailBekker launching the #IASLancet Expert Consensus Statement at #AIDS2018 addressing the use of #HIV science by the justice system https://t.co/0eA4P2jM2M #ZeroDiscriminationDay https://t.co/xK6cEGSR1d
#Thread 1/1 Our board member & Social Justice Lawyer, @OwomugishaImmac, is discussing the impact of the expert consensus statement on the science of HIV in the context of criminal law, 5 years after its publication. #HIVJustice https://t.co/kMlMUevSSv
Today on #ZeroDiscriminationDay, a new viewpoint published in @jiasociety discusses the necessity of governments and health settings to commit to truly achieving zero discrimination among people living with #HIV https://t.co/AthHxKj4we https://t.co/VOchy23OMX
@DrPaulaMunderi, THANK You! Through expert consensus statement on the science of HIV in the context of criminal law, co - authored with 20 other HIV virologists,#UGHivpetitionNo24 gets a boost, more evidence 2rely on @EbaPatrick @UNAIDS_UG @HIVLawCom @UNDPUganda @KarusaKiragu
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In 2018, twenty leading #HIV scientists published the Expert Consensus Statement on the Science of HIV in the Context of Criminal Law to address the misuse of HIV science in punitive laws and prosecutions against people living with HIV. Learn how it has been used www.hivjustice.net/publication/...
The ‘Expert Consensus Statement on the Science of HIV in the Context of Criminal Law’ addresses the misuse of #HIV science in punitive laws and prosecutions against people living with HIV. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZNCTPbfZfo My short video documentary about it for @hivjusticenetwork.bsky.social
RT @gnpplus: WATCH! .@HIVJusticeNet, along with @IAS, @IAPAC, and @UNAIDS, played a crucial role in developing the 'Expert Consensus Statem…
RT @gnpplus: WATCH! .@HIVJusticeNet, along with @IAS, @IAPAC, and @UNAIDS, played a crucial role in developing the 'Expert Consensus Statem…
RT @gnpplus: WATCH! .@HIVJusticeNet, along with @IAS, @IAPAC, and @UNAIDS, played a crucial role in developing the 'Expert Consensus Statem…
WATCH! .@HIVJusticeNet, along with @IAS, @IAPAC, and @UNAIDS, played a crucial role in developing the 'Expert Consensus Statement on the Science of HIV in the Context of Criminal Law. Published & launched 5 years ago at AIDS 2018. Check out the video overview: https://t.co/ijYYJmRcev
RT @ICWEastAfrica: #Thread 1/1 Our board member & Social Justice Lawyer, @OwomugishaImmac, is discussing the impact of the expert consensu…
RT @ICWEastAfrica: #Thread 1/1 Our board member & Social Justice Lawyer, @OwomugishaImmac, is discussing the impact of the expert consensu…
RT @ICWEastAfrica: #Thread 1/1 Our board member & Social Justice Lawyer, @OwomugishaImmac, is discussing the impact of the expert consensu…
RT @ICWEastAfrica: #Thread 1/1 Our board member & Social Justice Lawyer, @OwomugishaImmac, is discussing the impact of the expert consensu…
RT @ICWEastAfrica: #Thread 1/1 Our board member & Social Justice Lawyer, @OwomugishaImmac, is discussing the impact of the expert consensu…
RT @ICWEastAfrica: #Thread 1/1 Our board member & Social Justice Lawyer, @OwomugishaImmac, is discussing the impact of the expert consensu…
RT @ICWEastAfrica: #Thread 1/1 Our board member & Social Justice Lawyer, @OwomugishaImmac, is discussing the impact of the expert consensu…
RT @ICWEastAfrica: #Thread 1/1 Our board member & Social Justice Lawyer, @OwomugishaImmac, is discussing the impact of the expert consensu…
RT @ICWEastAfrica: #Thread 1/1 Our board member & Social Justice Lawyer, @OwomugishaImmac, is discussing the impact of the expert consensu…
RT @ICWEastAfrica: #Thread 1/1 Our board member & Social Justice Lawyer, @OwomugishaImmac, is discussing the impact of the expert consensu…
RT @ICWEastAfrica: #Thread 1/1 Our board member & Social Justice Lawyer, @OwomugishaImmac, is discussing the impact of the expert consensu…
RT @ICWEastAfrica: #Thread 1/1 Our board member & Social Justice Lawyer, @OwomugishaImmac, is discussing the impact of the expert consensu…
RT @ICWEastAfrica: #Thread 1/1 Our board member & Social Justice Lawyer, @OwomugishaImmac, is discussing the impact of the expert consensu…
RT @ICWEastAfrica: #Thread 1/1 Our board member & Social Justice Lawyer, @OwomugishaImmac, is discussing the impact of the expert consensu…
#Thread 1/1 Our board member & Social Justice Lawyer, @OwomugishaImmac, is discussing the impact of the expert consensus statement on the science of HIV in the context of criminal law, 5 years after its publication. #HIVJustice https://t.co/kMlMUevSSv
Expert consensus statement on the science of HIV in the context of criminal law https://t.co/63xEYvlAtN
Benin: Expert Consensus Statement on the Science of HIV in the Context of Criminal Law frames discussions on HIV criminalisation law reform in Benin and across Francophone Africa @undp @undpafrica @amitrajitsaha https://t.co/kxpS65pNM0
RT @aditi_campaigns: Check out how science and advocacy being used for #HIVJustice @HIVJusticeNet https://t.co/AwLxozd4iW https://t.co/Hai…
RT @aditi_campaigns: Check out how science and advocacy being used for #HIVJustice @HIVJusticeNet https://t.co/AwLxozd4iW https://t.co/Hai…
RT @aditi_campaigns: Check out how science and advocacy being used for #HIVJustice @HIVJusticeNet https://t.co/AwLxozd4iW https://t.co/Hai…
RT @aditi_campaigns: Check out how science and advocacy being used for #HIVJustice @HIVJusticeNet https://t.co/AwLxozd4iW https://t.co/Hai…
Check out how science and advocacy being used for #HIVJustice @HIVJusticeNet https://t.co/AwLxozd4iW https://t.co/HaiEdKIyF2
RT @kenpinkela: Integrity @secarmy the @MDW_USARMY doesn't want you to see this - I VOLUNTEERED my BLOOD to prove my innocence I continue t…
Integrity @secarmy the @MDW_USARMY doesn't want you to see this - I VOLUNTEERED my BLOOD to prove my innocence I continue to volunteer - Ask yourself Why would SJA denied evidence? Expert Consensus Statement on the Science of #HIV in Criminal Law @seemehiv https://t.co/MfuMYhug3j
RT @sexpartnershiv: Expert consensus statement on the science of HIV in the context of criminal law - Barré‐Sinoussi - 2018 - Journal of th…
Expert consensus statement on the science of HIV in the context of criminal law - Barré‐Sinoussi - 2018 - Journal of the International AIDS Society - Wiley Online Library https://t.co/ZH7XgfOH6e
RT @sexpartnershiv: Expert consensus statement on the science of HIV in the context of criminal law https://t.co/bpgsh0mCig
Expert consensus statement on the science of HIV in the context of criminal law https://t.co/bpgsh0mCig
RT @AIDS_conference: “Criminalization laws have one thing in common. They misstate how #HIV is transmitted.” - @LindaGailBekker launching…
RT @AIDS_conference: “Criminalization laws have one thing in common. They misstate how #HIV is transmitted.” - @LindaGailBekker launching…
RT @AIDS_conference: “Criminalization laws have one thing in common. They misstate how #HIV is transmitted.” - @LindaGailBekker launching…
RT @AIDS_conference: “Criminalization laws have one thing in common. They misstate how #HIV is transmitted.” - @LindaGailBekker launching…
RT @AIDS_conference: “Criminalization laws have one thing in common. They misstate how #HIV is transmitted.” - @LindaGailBekker launching…
RT @iasociety: Today on #ZeroDiscriminationDay, a new viewpoint published in @jiasociety discusses the necessity of governments and health…
RT @iasociety: Today on #ZeroDiscriminationDay, a new viewpoint published in @jiasociety discusses the necessity of governments and health…
Today on #ZeroDiscriminationDay, a new viewpoint published in @jiasociety discusses the necessity of governments and health settings to commit to truly achieving zero discrimination among people living with #HIV https://t.co/AthHxKj4we https://t.co/VOchy23OMX
“Criminalization laws have one thing in common. They misstate how #HIV is transmitted.” - @LindaGailBekker launching the #IASLancet Expert Consensus Statement at #AIDS2018 addressing the use of #HIV science by the justice system https://t.co/0eA4P2jM2M #ZeroDiscriminationDay https://t.co/xK6cEGSR1d
'Concerned by the fact that prosecutions are not always informed by the best available scientific and medical evidence, 20 of the world’s leading HIV scientists have presented the Expert consensus statement on the science of HIV in the context of criminal law'
@romalin46 @Fred_Colby @JulietteAlpha17 @PeabodyJoshua @Adrinissa64600 @EliotNESS_1931 @Matricule_17 @JJBourdin_RMC Source pardon : https://t.co/zbrYFaR863
@IamGMJohnson @alex1979halle @BR999 @briangaither @MyFabDisease @murray_penner @DavinaConner @Matovuwilliam1 @BradyDale311 @RiseUpToHIV @placetokyo @HamahNsubuga @DrDemetre Further, the ‘Expert consensus statement on the science of HIV in the context of criminal law’ encourages governments, police, and the judicial system to ‘note carefully advances in HIV science so as to ensure that current knowledge in this field informs application of law’.
RT @iasociety: Endorsed by more than 70 leading scientists from 46 countries, the Expert Consensus Statement serves as the gold standard of…
Endorsed by more than 70 leading scientists from 46 countries, the Expert Consensus Statement serves as the gold standard of current scientific knowledge on #HIV to inform any application of the criminal law in cases related to HIV https://t.co/O3lMhzoBTf #HumanRightsDay https://t.co/mQ1P0xoo1k
@bigburaktheory https://t.co/NKBYSwNCWU 'Expert consensus statement on the science of HIV in the context of criminal law' . Yasa yapıcı ve uygulayıcılar için HIV alanından bilimsel olarak rehber olması amaçlanmış bir uzman mutabakat belgesi.
RT @kenpinkela: Hey @CDCgov - Care to explain why US CDC did not join the worlds #HIV leaders? You talk about ending #stigma and yet do not…
RT @kenpinkela: Hey @CDCgov - Care to explain why US CDC did not join the worlds #HIV leaders? You talk about ending #stigma and yet do not…
Hey @CDCgov - Care to explain why US CDC did not join the worlds #HIV leaders? You talk about ending #stigma and yet do nothing - Expert consensus statement on the science of #HIV in the context of criminal law - https://t.co/VV4sYB0sAW @SeeMeHIV @HIVIsNotACrime @ETAForg @ejaf
RT @dorakiconco: @DrPaulaMunderi, THANK You! Through expert consensus statement on the science of HIV in the context of criminal law, co -…
RT @dorakiconco: @DrPaulaMunderi, THANK You! Through expert consensus statement on the science of HIV in the context of criminal law, co -…
RT @dorakiconco: @DrPaulaMunderi, THANK You! Through expert consensus statement on the science of HIV in the context of criminal law, co -…
@DrPaulaMunderi, THANK You! Through expert consensus statement on the science of HIV in the context of criminal law, co - authored with 20 other HIV virologists,#UGHivpetitionNo24 gets a boost, more evidence 2rely on @EbaPatrick @UNAIDS_UG @HIVLawCom @UNDPUganda @KarusaKiragu
RT @kenpinkela: Sir @secarmy @USArmy #HIV Lab has chris hamilton's blood and mine "Importantly, #phylogenetic results can exonerate a defen…
RT @iasociety: “Criminalization laws have one thing in common. They misstate how #HIV is transmitted.” - @LindaGailBekker launching the #IA…
RT @iasociety: “Criminalization laws have one thing in common. They misstate how #HIV is transmitted.” - @LindaGailBekker launching the #IA…
RT @iasociety: “Criminalization laws have one thing in common. They misstate how #HIV is transmitted.” - @LindaGailBekker launching the #IA…
RT @iasociety: “Criminalization laws have one thing in common. They misstate how #HIV is transmitted.” - @LindaGailBekker launching the #IA…
RT @iasociety: “Criminalization laws have one thing in common. They misstate how #HIV is transmitted.” - @LindaGailBekker launching the #IA…
RT @iasociety: “Criminalization laws have one thing in common. They misstate how #HIV is transmitted.” - @LindaGailBekker launching the #IA…
RT @iasociety: “Criminalization laws have one thing in common. They misstate how #HIV is transmitted.” - @LindaGailBekker launching the #IA…
RT @iasociety: “Criminalization laws have one thing in common. They misstate how #HIV is transmitted.” - @LindaGailBekker launching the #IA…
RT @iasociety: “Criminalization laws have one thing in common. They misstate how #HIV is transmitted.” - @LindaGailBekker launching the #IA…
RT @iasociety: “Criminalization laws have one thing in common. They misstate how #HIV is transmitted.” - @LindaGailBekker launching the #IA…
RT @iasociety: “Criminalization laws have one thing in common. They misstate how #HIV is transmitted.” - @LindaGailBekker launching the #IA…
RT @iasociety: “Criminalization laws have one thing in common. They misstate how #HIV is transmitted.” - @LindaGailBekker launching the #IA…
RT @iasociety: “Criminalization laws have one thing in common. They misstate how #HIV is transmitted.” - @LindaGailBekker launching the #IA…
RT @iasociety: “Criminalization laws have one thing in common. They misstate how #HIV is transmitted.” - @LindaGailBekker launching the #IA…
“Criminalization laws have one thing in common. They misstate how #HIV is transmitted.” - @LindaGailBekker launching the #IASLancet Expert Consensus Statement addressing the use of #HIV science by the criminal justice system https://t.co/NL4IOfc6pg #ZeroDiscriminationDay https://t.co/cOWpQu14xS
RT @kenpinkela: Sir @secarmy @USArmy #HIV Lab has chris hamilton's blood and mine "Importantly, #phylogenetic results can exonerate a defen…
RT @kenpinkela: Sir @secarmy @USArmy #HIV Lab has chris hamilton's blood and mine "Importantly, #phylogenetic results can exonerate a defen…
RT @kenpinkela: Sir @secarmy @USArmy #HIV Lab has chris hamilton's blood and mine "Importantly, #phylogenetic results can exonerate a defen…
RT @kenpinkela: Sir @secarmy @USArmy #HIV Lab has chris hamilton's blood and mine "Importantly, #phylogenetic results can exonerate a defen…
RT @kenpinkela: Sir @secarmy @USArmy #HIV Lab has chris hamilton's blood and mine "Importantly, #phylogenetic results can exonerate a defen…
RT @kenpinkela: Sir @secarmy @USArmy #HIV Lab has chris hamilton's blood and mine "Importantly, #phylogenetic results can exonerate a defen…
Sir @secarmy @USArmy #HIV Lab has chris hamilton's blood and mine "Importantly, #phylogenetic results can exonerate a defendant when the results rule out the defendant as the source of a complainant’s HIV infection"https://t.co/8b41614Hbk @HIVIsNotACrime @HASCDemocrats @iasociety
RT @mrs_kam: Expert consensus statement on the science of HIV in the context of criminal law - Barré‐Sinoussi - 2018 - Journal of the Inter…
Expert consensus statement on the science of HIV in the context of criminal law - Barré‐Sinoussi - 2018 - Journal of the International AIDS Society - Wiley Online Library #HIVIsNotACrime https://t.co/Bqr4GckMGK
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