Consent: HIV Non-disclosure and Sexual Assault Law

In April 2014, the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network convened leading feminist scholars, front-line workers, activists and legal experts for a ground-breaking dialogue on the (mis)use of sexual assault laws in cases of HIV non-disclosure. The conclusions of the dialogue demonstrated this approach both over-extends the criminal law against people living with HIV and threatens to damage hard-won legal definitions of consent aimed at protecting women’s equality and sexual autonomy.

DIRECTED BY ALISON DUKE
PRODUCED BY ALISON DUKE, JANET BUTLER-MCPHEE & ALISON SYMINGTON
EDITED BY EUGENE WEIS
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY ROBIN BAIN  
MUSIC & SOUND MIX BY DEREK BRIN
ILLUSTRATIONS BY JEFF DUKE & NIKITA MOR
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER CANADIAN HIV/AIDS LEGAL NETWORK