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Review
. 2023 Dec;31(1):2194188.
doi: 10.1080/26410397.2023.2194188.

Decriminalisation and the end of AIDS: keep the promise, follow the science, and fulfill human rights

UNAIDS Reference Group on HIV and Human Rights  1
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Decriminalisation and the end of AIDS: keep the promise, follow the science, and fulfill human rights

UNAIDS Reference Group on HIV and Human Rights. Sex Reprod Health Matters. 2023 Dec.
No abstract available

Keywords: AIDS; HIV; criminal law; criminalisation; decriminalisation; drug possession; drugs; gay men; gender expression; gender identity; homosexuality; human rights; law; law reform; policy; public health; sex work; sexual orientation.

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Conflict of interest statement

The members of the UNAIDS Reference Group on HIV and Human Rights serve in their individual capacity as experts. All members of the Reference Group are involved in advocacy for human rights-based responses to HIV in some fashion. Some have or have had affiliations with various non-governmental organisations that undertake such advocacy; some are academics who undertake research in this area. They receive no remuneration, including from UNAIDS, for their service, nor do they receive any benefit from the publication of this manuscript.

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