
Decriminalization of LGBTQ+ people saves lives

UNAIDS calls for the protection of human rights on the International Day to End Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT)

UNAIDS expresses deep concern over the passing of new anti-LGBT legislation in Iraq

UNAIDS welcomes Court’s ruling to protect the rights of LGBTQ people in Dominica

UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima responds to the passage of the Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill in Ghana’s parliament

Statement from UNAIDS on the decision of the High Court of St. Vincent and the Grenadines to uphold discriminatory and harmful laws

Tajikistan takes a positive step towards decriminalization of HIV exposure and transmission

The United Nations welcomes the Supreme Court’s decision to decriminalize same sex relations in Mauritius

Addressing violence against women sex workers in Peru

Joint Statement by the Leaders of the Global Fund, UNAIDS and PEPFAR on Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023

UNAIDS urges all countries to decriminalise homosexuality as a vital step in ensuring health for all

A rainbow of hope for LGBTQI+ people in rural Japan

Uganda’s new Anti-Homosexuality Bill would harm public health

Cook Islands’ original path toward equality

UNAIDS welcomes the decriminalisation of same-sex relations by the Cook Islands parliament

New legal principles launched on International Women’s Day to advance decriminalization efforts

How harsh drug laws undermine health and human rights in Asia Pacific

On Zero Discrimination Day, countries urged to decriminalise to save lives

“Silence is better” — How the criminalisation of sex workers keeps exploitation in the shadows

UNAIDS congratulates Barbados on its decision to repeal colonial-era laws that criminalised same sex sexual relations

Criminalisation has hurt sex workers and perpetuated the AIDS pandemic. UNAIDS welcomes South Africa's call to end it.

UNAIDS welcomes the decriminalisation of same sex relations by Singapore's Parliament

UNAIDS urges Russia to repeal 'LGBTQ propaganda' law

Justice is never given, it is won: How Eastern Caribbean activists developed the successful strategy to defeat the laws which criminalised LGBT people.

St Kitts and Nevis becomes the latest country to declare that laws that have criminalized LGBT people are unconstitutional

The communities behind Antigua and Barbuda’s decriminalization win

Forty years of AIDS: Equality remains central to quelling a still-potent epidemic

Jamaican parliamentarians committed to ending discrimination

On International Drug Users’ Day, UNAIDS calls for action against the criminalization of people who use drugs and for community-led harm reduction programmes

UNAIDS welcomes New Zealand’s decision to lift travel restrictions for people living with HIV

UNAIDS strongly supports calls for the rejection of draft law targeting LGBTI people in Ghana

UNAIDS welcomes Chile’s recognition of responsibility for violating the rights of a woman living with HIV sterilized without her consent

UNAIDS calls on Hungary to immediately remove amendments discriminatory to LGBTI people from newly adopted law

#NotYetUhuru: 60-year-old Patson Manyati reflects on being gay in Zimbabwe*

UNAIDS condemns new law that further criminalizes and marginalizes vulnerable groups of people in Uganda

UNAIDS applauds the vote by Bhutan’s parliament to repeal laws that criminalize and discriminate against LGBT people

UNAIDS welcomes decision by Gabon to decriminalize same-sex sexual relations

“I also need to be happy”: Anna Morena’s story

Decriminalization works, but too few countries are taking the bold step

UNAIDS welcomes the decision by the Northern Territory of Australia to decriminalize sex work

Criminalization of same-sex sexual relationships decreasing

Charting progress against discrimination

UNAIDS welcomes the decision of the Constitutional Court of Colombia to strike down the section of the criminal code criminalizing HIV transmission

UNAIDS deeply regrets the decision of the High Court of Kenya to maintain laws that criminalize and discriminate against LGBT people

Model Drug Law for West Africa presented to ministers of health on the sidelines of the 72nd session of the World Health Assembly

Landmark international guidelines launched on human rights and drug policy

How discriminatory Caribbean laws are being challenged in the courts

Leading experts call on the criminal justice system to ensure science informs the application of the law in criminal cases related to HIV
Première Ligne in Geneva showcases safe injection centre to UNAIDS Board members

Health workshop educates youth in India