"There are many human rights challenges that must be tackled in order to respond effectively to the ongoing, twinned pandemics of HIV and of HIV-related human rights abuses … we wish to highlight one phenomenon of growing global concern and relevance.
"The epidemic of overly broad criminalization of HIV non‐disclosure, exposure or transmission has:
- led to unjust prosecutions and convictions;
- resulted in cruel punishments that shock the conscience of reasonable observers;
- fuelled misinformation, fear, stigma and prejudice about HIV and people living with HIV; and
- undermined efforts at HIV prevention and access to care, treatment and support for people living with HIV."