This document sets out the key scientific and medical facts—as well as the legal principles—that countries should take into consideration in relation to any application of criminal law to HIV nondisclosure, exposure or transmission. To translate these considerations into legal, policy and programmatic changes at national level requires specific actions by governments, civil society (including people living with HIV and their advocates), and other stakeholders involved in the HIV response.
Executive summary -- Introduction -- Applying criminal law principles and best scientific and medical evidence -- Alternatives to overly broad criminalization -- Recommendations for action -- Annex 1. Recommendations of the Global Commission on HIV and the Law on criminalization of HIV non-disclosure, exposure and transmission -- Annex 2. Oslo Declaration on HIV Criminalization.
