AIDS 2012, Washington DC The HIV Justice Network: what is it and how to participate and use it Edwin J Bernard Co-ordinator, HIV Justice Network, UK/Germany Support the Oslo Declaration: hivjustice.net/oslo

AIDS 2012, Washington DC What is the HIV Justice Network? –Beginnings –Milestones What do we do? –Connect –MEDIATE (Monitor, Educate, Inform, AdvocaTE) –Examples What you can do Goals and outcomes Support the Oslo Declaration: hivjustice.net/oslo OVERVIEW

AIDS 2012, Washington DC Began in 2007 as a blog criminalhivtransmission.blogspot.com Soon became an important global resource and a de-facto advocacy hub, highlighting  individual cases and judicial decisions from around the world  existing, proposed and new HIV-specific criminal laws  media reports and public opinion of such laws and prosecutions  and – increasingly – case studies of anti-criminalisation advocacy. Filling the gap SUPPORT THE OSLO DECLARATION: HIVJUSTICE.NET/OSLO BEGINNINGS: CRIMINAL HIV TRANSMISSION

AIDS 2012, Washington DC June 2010: Facebook group –HIV Action (Anti-CriminalisaTIOn Network) July 2010: Criminalisation of HIV Exposure and Transmission: Global Extent, Impact and The Way Forward, AIDS 2010, Vienna. –First global advocacy meeting with Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, GNP+ and NAM 2011: Consultancy and global (north) reach –Consultant, UNAIDS HIV criminalisation project –Advisory Group, Global Commission High Income Country Dialogue –Global networking, including speaking at meetings in Australia, Canada, US and throughout Europe. –POZ 100! 2012: Sustain, develop, expand –Funding now allows for (almost) full-time co-ordinator, part-time social media editor –New name, website and newsletter coming soon –Facebook group reactivated, Daily Twitter –New projects: ‘Oslo Declaration’, Doing HIV Justice SUPPORT THE OSLO DECLARATION: HIVJUSTICE.NET/OSLO HIV JUSTICE NETWORK: MILESTONES

AIDS 2012, Washington DC Connect Individuals (PLHIV, activists, lawyers, researchers) + organisations (PLHIV networks, HIV NGOs, advocacy NGOs, UNAIDS/UNDP) Monitor New and proposed laws, law enforcement (arrests, prosecutions, outcomes), access to justice, media reporting, research, policy, advocacy Educate Who, what, where, why and how? Best (and worst) practice examples Inform Work with GNP+, IPPF, NAM, POZ to provide news, data and analysis Work with advocates and criminal justice system Facilitate research Media (and social media) outreach, newsletter AdvocaTE Facilitate in-country advocacy Oslo Declaration on HIV Criminalisation AIDS 2012, DAH/EATG/IPPF Seminar Berlin September 2012, and beyond. SUPPORT THE OSLO DECLARATION: HIVJUSTICE.NET/OSLO WHAT WE DO: CONNECT + MEDIATE

AIDS 2012, Washington DC GLOBAL MONITORING Prosecutions under general laws HIV-specific laws, prosecutions HIV-specific laws, no prosecutions No reported laws or prosecutions

AIDS 2012, Washington DC OSLO DECLARATION ON HIV CRIMINALISATION SUPPORT THE OSLO DECLARATION: HIVJUSTICE.NET/OSLO

AIDS 2012, Washington DC DOING HIV JUSTICE WATCH ONLINE AT: HIVJUSTICE.NET

AIDS 2012, Washington DC Connect Find individuals and organisations in your country/region and link them to us Sign up to the newsletter at hivjustice.net, follow us on Monitor Scan media (print, online, Twitter, Facebook) for information on new and proposed laws, law enforcement (arrests, prosecutions, outcomes), access to justice, good or bad media reporting, research, policy, advocacy and tell us about them Educate Explain to others why HIV criminalisation is ineffective, counterproductive and unjust Develop and provide juristiction-specific legal literacy as well as HIV risk, harm, proof literacy for policymakers and criminal justice system. Inform Use your own networks and media (print, online, Twitter, Facebook) to highlight good and bad practice Advocate Use our info and tools and others’ (GNP+, NAT/THT, SERO, PJP, UNAIDS, Global Commission Report Advocate for law reform/modernisation and/or prosecutorial guidelines. Be strongly principled but manage expectations: be pragmatic! SUPPORT THE OSLO DECLARATION: HIVJUSTICE.NET/OSLO WHAT YOU CAN DO: CONNECT + MEDIATE

AIDS 2012, Washington DC TOGETHER WE CAN ACHIEVE… Improved and better co-ordinated monitoring and evaluation of laws, law enforcement, and access to justice. Improved understanding of the 'who, what, where, why and how' of criminalisation in order to advocate for change. Improved understanding of the impact of laws, arrest and prosecutions, in order to help develop tools for education, empowerment, and challenge. Improved and co-ordinated understanding and collaboration between national, regional and global advocates, providing case studies and analysis of successes (and failures) in anti- criminalisation advocacy. Greater opportunity for targeted discussion of key issues, identification of best model practices, and development of strategies to better inform domestic legal systems. SUPPORT THE OSLO DECLARATION: HIVJUSTICE.NET/OSLO GOALS AND OUTCOMES