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The Center for HIV Law and Policy (CHLP) is a national legal and policy resource and strategy center in the United States working to reduce the impact of HIV on vulnerable and marginalized communities and to secure the human rights of people affected by HIV.〔Center for HIV Law and Policy, About http://www.hivlawandpolicy.org/about〕 CHLP's founder and executive director is Catherine Hanssens. ==Work== CHLP is the organizational home of the Positive Justice Project (PJP), a national coalition of organizations and individuals in the United States working to end HIV criminalization.〔The POZ 100 (December 2011)〕〔The Body http://www.thebody.com/content/73689/the-center-for-hiv-law-and-policy.html〕〔Wendy Armstrong, Time to Change HIV Criminalization Laws, The Atlanta Journal Constitution (June 19, 2014) http://www.myajc.com/news/news/opinion/time-to-change-hiv-criminalization-laws/ngPCg/〕 PJP released the first national statement against HIV criminalization, and this statement has been endorsed by organizations and individuals across the country. Over the last few years, there has been a growing movement to end the use of criminal laws that target persons with HIV,〔Los Angeles Times Editorial, Get Rid of Those Outdated HIV Laws (June 6, 2013) http://articles.latimes.com/2013/jun/06/opinion/la-ed-hiv-state-laws-review-20130606〕 and even the United States federal government is taking a closer look at this issue.〔Justice Department Releases Best Practices Guide to Reform HIV-Specific Criminal Laws to Align with Scientifically-Supported Factors, U.S. Department of Justice http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2014/July/14-crt-739.html〕〔Best Practices Guide to Reform HIV-Specific Criminal Laws to Align with Scientifically-Supported Factors, U.S. Department of Justice http://aids.gov/federal-resources/national-hiv-aids-strategy/doj-hiv-criminal-law-best-practices-guide.pdf〕 Another CHLP initiative, Teen SENSE, works to secure the right of youth in state custody to comprehensive, LGBTQ-inclusive sexual health care and sexual health literacy programs. CHLP is known for its HIV Policy Resource Bank, a free, public, online collection of research, reports and other HIV-related materials. The HIV Policy Resource Bank also includes publications from the Center for HIV Law and Policy such as "When Sex is a Crime and Spit is a Dangerous Weapon," mapping HIV criminalization in the United States. In May 2014, the (Center for Gender and Sexuality Law ) at Columbia Law School published a report co-authored by the Center for HIV Law and Policy, the Center for American Progress and Streetwise & Safe called "Roadmap for Change: Federal Policy Recommendations for Addressing the Criminalization of LGBT People and People Living with HIV." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Center for HIV Law and Policy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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