OUR DEMANDS

CHANGE THE LAWS, UNCHAIN OUR RIGHTS; WE ARE NOT CRIMINALS!

The Not A Criminal campaign seeks to mobilise multifaceted community action to hold governments, legislators and policymakers accountable to their global commitments to ensure access to health and respect human rights.

We call on governments to urgently reform or eliminate harmful laws that criminalise HIV non-disclosure, potential or perceived exposure, and unintentional transmission; drug use and possession of drugs for personal use; the profession of sex work; same-sex sexual relations; diverse gender identities and gender expressions; and seeking sexual and reproductive health services, wanting to become pregnant, and breastfeeding/chestfeeding while living with HIV.

We are NOT CRIMINALS!

We are tired of the rhetoric, of commitment after commitment without any concrete action to change these laws that criminalise people living, people who use drugs, sex workers, and people of diverse genders and sexualities.

We urge

Repeal or reform laws that criminalise:

  • HIV non-disclosure, potential or perceived exposure, and unintentional transmission
  • drug use and possession of drugs for personal use
  • the profession of sex work
  • same-sex sexual relations
  • diverse gender identities and gender expressions
  • seek sexual and reproductive health services, wanting to become pregnant, and breastfeeding/chestfeeding while living with HIV

Enact laws that prohibit discrimination against: people living with HIV; people who use drugs; sex workers; people who engage in same-sex sexual relations; and trans, gender diverse and gender non-conforming people.

Work with civil society and international partners to create domestic legal environments in line with the Sustainable Development Goals, the Global AIDS Strategy, and the 2021 UN High-Level Meeting Political Declaration on HIV.

Provide effective, coordinated, and transparent mechanisms to monitor the progress of governments on their commitments in accordance with the Sustainable Development Goals, the Global AIDS Strategy, and the 2021 UN High-Level Meeting Political Declaration on HIV.

Stand with our communities, support our advocacy and use your influence to push for the changes we need to achieve and enjoy our rights in full.

Join the Not A Criminal campaign.

Advocate to end the criminalisation of HIV non-disclosure, potential or perceived exposure, and unintentional transmission; drug use and possession of drugs for personal use; the profession of sex work; same-sex sexual relations; diverse gender identities and gender expressions; seek sexual and reproductive health services, wanting to become pregnant, and breastfeeding/chestfeeding while living with HIV.

Tell us about the advocacy you are doing to end the unjust criminalisation of our communities.

Let’s connect, mobilise and take action. Together, we are stronger.