{"id":1053,"date":"2012-10-29T10:34:52","date_gmt":"2012-10-29T10:34:52","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2022-10-04T16:16:38","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T20:16:38","slug":"hiv-non-disclosure-and-the-criminal-law-an-analysis-of-two-recent-decisions-of-the-supreme-court-of-canada","status":"publish","type":"publication22","link":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/hiv-non-disclosure-and-the-criminal-law-an-analysis-of-two-recent-decisions-of-the-supreme-court-of-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"HIV non-disclosure and the criminal law: An analysis of two recent decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"On October 5, 2012, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decisions in the cases of Mabior<\/i> and D.C.<\/i> The Court decided that people living with HIV have a legal duty, under the criminal law, to disclose their HIV-positive status to sexual partners before having sex that poses a “realistic possibility” of HIV transmission. Not disclosing in such circumstances means a person could be convicted of aggravated sexual assault.<\/p>\n
This is a full analysis; a summary of the decisions is also available below.<\/p>\n