Ending Unjust Prosecutions for HIV Non-disclosure: We want to hear from you

Submitted by the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network

The Canadian Coalition to Reform HIV Criminalization (CCRHC) is proposing to develop a Community Consensus Statement on actions federal, provincial and territorial governments should take to address the overly broad use of the criminal law in cases of alleged HIV non-disclosure.

There are several issues to be addressed in any such statement, including the question of amending the Criminal Code to narrow the scope of HIV criminalization. The Coalition is consulting with people living with HIV, service providers, communities affected by HIV and over-criminalization, scientific experts and others, across the country. This is one opportunity for input to that overall process.

Please take a moment to share your views on resisting overly broad HIV criminalization by answering four specific questions in our online survey. You can go to the survey by clicking on the link below:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SBHWNHM

Please share widely with your networks, in particular with people living with HIV and other communities affected by HIV: LGBTQI communities, people who use drugs, people in prison, sex workers, Indigenous communities.

Are you on social media? Please spread the word through your social media channels, using the following proposed posts:

Living with or affected by HIV? Help us end unjust #HIVcrim prosecutions by completing this short online survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SBHWNHM 

HIV service provider or scientific expert? Please complete short online survey to end unjust #HIVcrim prosecutions: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SBHWNHM