Join us for an engaging, interactive session where we will discuss the realities of HIV criminalisation and explore successful strategies to limit or end unjust laws and prosecutions for HIV non-disclosure, potential or perceived exposure, or unintentional transmission.

We hope that by the end of the session participants know what HIV criminalisation is, where it happens, and how to challenge laws or prosecutions.

We will share the tools and strategies that have been developed and used by the HIV Justice Network and our HIV JUSTICE WORLDWIDE coalition partners that provide the strong foundations to start and maintain an HIV decriminalisation campaign.

We hope participants will be inspired to use and share the tools, and to engage in making HIV justice a reality for all people living with HIV.

1. Moderator: Julian Hows, HIV Justice Network (United Kingdom)

Global overview of laws and prosecutions

1. Speaker: Edwin Bernard, HIV Justice Network (Netherlands)

Leveraging the power of lived experience as a catalyst for change

1. Speaker: Robert Suttle, The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation (United States)

The ABC’s of HIV decriminalisation: case studies from Latin America

1. Speaker: Andy Tapia, SERO Project (Mexico)
2. Speaker: Sofía Varguez, HIV Justice Network (Netherlands)

Preparing for action: The HIV Justice Academy

1. Speaker: Julian Hows, HIV Justice Network (United Kingdom)
2. Speaker: Sofía Varguez, HIV Justice Network (Netherlands)

Question and answer – this is an opportunity for all participants to ask questions about any of the presentations they have heard

1. Julian Hows, HIV Justice Network (United Kingdom)
2. Edwin Bernard, HIV Justice Network (Netherlands)
3. Robert Suttle, The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation (United States)
4. Andy Tapia, SERO Project (Mexico)
5. Sofía Varguez, HIV Justice Network (Netherlands)