Item 271 - POLICY & INFORMATION - Criminal Liability for HIV transmission

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AU NBAC H24-271

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POLICY & INFORMATION - Criminal Liability for HIV transmission

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  • 17 May 2002 - 8 Oct 2002 (Creation)

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Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations
(1985 -)

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Noel Butlin Archives Centre

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Correspondence and articles re the first Western Australian conviction of a HIV-positive person for grievous bodily harm. Copies of cases and Court rulings. Papers include "HIV Transmission Offences" HIV/AIDS Law Workshop Mumbai, 7-8 January 1999; 'Criminal and Public Health Regulation of HIV transmission"; "A Risky Business: Criminalising the Transmission of HIV in Australia" by Ananda Hall, October 1998; "Proceedings of the HIV Transmission and Public Policy Forum" 18 June 1998, Victorian AIDS Council / Gay Men's Health Centre; "Evaluating the Impact of Criminal Laws on HIV Risk Behaviour" Zita Lazzarini, Sarah Bray & Scott Burris in The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics Vol 30:2; "Reforming the Law to Ensure Appropriate Responses to the Risk of Disease Transmission ..."

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