Ralf Jürgens
Biographic Data
| ID | 1446434 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ralf Jürgens |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ralf |
| FAMILY NAME | Jürgens |
| SIGNATURE | JÜRGENS R |
| AFFILIATIONS | HIV Legal Network |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Ten reasons to oppose the criminalization of HIV exposure or transmission
Recent years have seen a push to apply criminal law to HIV exposure and transmission, often driven by the wish to respond to concerns about the ongoing rapid spread of HIV in many countries. Particularly in Africa, some groups have begun to advocate for criminalization in response to the serious phenomenon of women being infected with HIV through sexual violence or by partners who do not reveal their HIV diagnoses to them. While these issues must…
The More Things Change
he last thematic issues of Health and Human Rights on HIV/AIDS were published in 1998. The world was a very different place. Then, as now, individuals were suffering massively from discrimination and inadequate access to needed services; but at a policy and programmatic level, it appeared that things were beginning to stabilize as certain strategies were globally recognized as appropriate and useful to bring the impacts of the epidemic under cont…
Prisons, sida et divulgation de renseignements médicaux. Analyse juridique et éthique
The article addresses some of the issues raised in federal correctional institutions by the generation and communication of personal medical information pertaining the HIV infection. It examines, first, whether medical information pertaining to federal inmates — information considered confidential between medical staff and an inmate — can be disclosed absent the inmate's consent. It then examines what conditions or criteria determine whether or n…
Prisoners Who Inject Drugs
This article examines the human rights and public health implications of injection drug use in prisons with a specific focus on HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) viruses. The authors argue that prisoners who inject drugs have a right to access harm reduction measures--those that reduce the harmful consequences of drug use without necessarily reducing drug consumption. Moreover, states that fulfill their obligation to provide prisoners with harm reduction…
Harm reduction in prisons
Throughout most of the world, the primary response to problems associated with illicit injection drug use has been to intensify law enforcement efforts. This strategy has contributed to an unprecedented growth in prison populations and growing concerns regarding drug-related harm within prisons. Despite the presence of international laws and guidelines that call for the protection of the health of prisoners, prison authorities have generally been…
Ten reasons to oppose the criminalization of HIV exposure or transmission
Recent years have seen a push to apply criminal law to HIV exposure and transmission, often driven by the wish to respond to concerns about the ongoing rapid spread of HIV in many countries. Particularly in Africa, some groups have begun to advocate for criminalization in response to the serious phenomenon of women being infected with HIV through sexual violence or by partners who do not reveal their HIV diagnoses to them. While these issues must…
Prisoners Who Inject Drugs
This article examines the human rights and public health implications of injection drug use in prisons with a specific focus on HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) viruses. The authors argue that prisoners who inject drugs have a right to access harm reduction measures--those that reduce the harmful consequences of drug use without necessarily reducing drug consumption. Moreover, states that fulfill their obligation to provide prisoners with harm reduction…
Harm reduction in prisons
Throughout most of the world, the primary response to problems associated with illicit injection drug use has been to intensify law enforcement efforts. This strategy has contributed to an unprecedented growth in prison populations and growing concerns regarding drug-related harm within prisons. Despite the presence of international laws and guidelines that call for the protection of the health of prisoners, prison authorities have generally been…
The More Things Change
he last thematic issues of Health and Human Rights on HIV/AIDS were published in 1998. The world was a very different place. Then, as now, individuals were suffering massively from discrimination and inadequate access to needed services; but at a policy and programmatic level, it appeared that things were beginning to stabilize as certain strategies were globally recognized as appropriate and useful to bring the impacts of the epidemic under cont…
Prisons, sida et divulgation de renseignements médicaux. Analyse juridique et éthique
The article addresses some of the issues raised in federal correctional institutions by the generation and communication of personal medical information pertaining the HIV infection. It examines, first, whether medical information pertaining to federal inmates — information considered confidential between medical staff and an inmate — can be disclosed absent the inmate's consent. It then examines what conditions or criteria determine whether or n…
Prisoners Who Inject Drugs
This article examines the human rights and public health implications of injection drug use in prisons with a specific focus on HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) viruses. The authors argue that prisoners who inject drugs have a right to access harm reduction measures--those that reduce the harmful consequences of drug use without necessarily reducing drug consumption. Moreover, states that fulfill their obligation to provide prisoners with harm reduction…
Ten reasons to oppose the criminalization of HIV exposure or transmission
Recent years have seen a push to apply criminal law to HIV exposure and transmission, often driven by the wish to respond to concerns about the ongoing rapid spread of HIV in many countries. Particularly in Africa, some groups have begun to advocate for criminalization in response to the serious phenomenon of women being infected with HIV through sexual violence or by partners who do not reveal their HIV diagnoses to them. While these issues must…
Political science (5 works) · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Criminology (3 works) · Harm (3 works) · Human rights (3 works) · Public health (3 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (2 works) · Harm reduction (2 works)