HIV Transmission and the criminal law

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Dec

Tue

6:00 PM

Series: World AIDS Day Panel Discussion

Event Type:: Panel Discussion
Date:: Tuesday 1 December 2009
Time:: 6:00 PM
Location:: Oliver Thompson Lecture Theatre, City University London, Northampton Square, London, EC1V 0HB
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Note:: Registration 18.00, Panel Discussion 18.30, Refreshments 20.00
Contact:: This event will be full booked quickly so please make sure you reserve your place by clicking on the link above.

HIV Transmission and the criminal law

To coincide with World AIDS Day the City Law School hosts this impressive panel of speakers to debate the issues around the criminalisation of HIV transmission.

What are the arguments for and against criminalising the transmission of HIV and other serious sexually transmitted infections? What are the legal principles that inform this complex area of law, and what factors should be taken into account when deciding to prosecute? Should public health considerations take priority over demands for retribution and punishment, and what evidence is there that criminalisation works?

These are some of the issues that will be addressed by the panel:

Clive Anderson, Barrister & Broadcaster - Chair
Yusef Azad, Director of Policy & Campaigns, National AIDS Trust
Catherine Dodds, Senior Research Fellow, Sigma Research, University of Portsmouth
Arwel Jones, Team Leader of the Domestic Affairs Division Crown Prosecution Service
Matthew Weait, Reader in Socio-Legal Studies, and author of Intimacy and Responsibility, The Criminalisation of HIV Transmission, School of Law, Birkbeck University

Download the powerpoint presentation from the event.

Other World AIDs Day activity at City University London: