In October 2009, police in New Westminster, British Columbia, arrested a 21-year-old man
following a complaint from one of his former sexual partners that he had not revealed his HIV …

HIV criminalization refers to the unjust use of the criminal law to prosecute people living with
HIV for HIV non-disclosure, perceived HIV exposure, or unintentional HIV transmission …

Canada has witnessed one of the highest levels of prosecution for the nondisclosure of HIV
status to one's sexual partners of any developed country in the world. We also have the …

Abstract Two provincial Courts of Appeal have recently released unanimous decisions that
clarify the law regarding the obligation imposed upon people living with HIV to disclose their …

An HIV-positive individual who fails to disclose his or her status to a sexual partner may face
charges ranging from nuisance to murder for such behaviour, with the most common …

There is no way to defend the actions of individuals who transmit HIV to others while
knowing that they themselves are HIV-infected. This is especially true if these transmitters …

Since the Supreme Court's seminal 1998 judgment in R v Cuerrier', 63 people in Canada
have been criminally charged for not disclosing their HIV-positive status, including 32 from …

This article notes that the Supreme Court's punitive approach in Mabior and DC is out of step
with recent scientific and medical advancements with respect to HIV transmission and …

Criminal prosecutions and convictions related to HIV status non-disclosure, unintended viral
exposure, and viral transmission have peaked, according to a 2013–15 global survey …

In 2012 the New Zealand Court of Appeal, in a radical change in direction, held that the non-
disclosure of HIV-positive status prior to unprotected sexual relations could amount to fraud …