During 16 Days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children, the Legal Resources Centre will be sharing the stories of survivors of gender based violence who fled their countries to seek asylum in South Africa. Many women, children and sexual and gender non-conforming persons endure horrific hardship, sexual persecution, assault, rape and […]
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Do we need to Criminalise HIV Transmission?
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In what the Herald refers to a “precedent setting” matter, a Port Elizabeth man has been charged with attempted murder for allegedly infecting his niece with HIV. The criminalisation of the transmission of HIV is an issue which has already been considered by the South African Law Commission. In 2001, the Commission developed a report […]