Grant Isabel, Betteridge Jonathan Glenn
Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia.
HIV AIDS Policy Law Rev. 2011 Oct;15(3):15-23.
Two provincial Courts of Appeal have recently released unanimous decisions that clarify the law regarding the obligation imposed upon people living with HIV to disclose their HIV status prior to sexual relations. The decision of the Manitoba Court of Appeal in R v. Mabior and of the Quebec Court of Appeal in R c. D.C. must be seen against a background of increasing criminal prosecutions in Canada of people with HIV who allegedly do not disclose their HIV status to sexual partners. Since the first HIV non-disclosure prosecution in 1989, there have been over 120 prosecutions. A high proportion of accused has either pleaded guilty to, or been convicted at trial, of serious criminal offences, often resulting in harsh sentences and sex offender registration. In the majority of convictions, there was no transmission of HIV to the complainant.
两个省级上诉法院最近发布了一致裁决，阐明了关于感染艾滋病毒者在发生性关系前披露其艾滋病毒感染状况的义务的法律。曼尼托巴省上诉法院在R诉马比奥尔案以及魁北克省上诉法院在R诉D.C.案中的裁决，必须放在加拿大对据称未向性伴侣披露艾滋病毒感染状况的艾滋病毒感染者刑事起诉不断增加的背景下来看待。自1989年首次对未披露艾滋病毒感染状况提起诉讼以来，已有120多起诉讼。很大一部分被告要么承认有罪，要么在审判中被判定犯有严重刑事罪行，往往导致严厉判决和被登记为性犯罪者。在大多数定罪案例中，艾滋病毒并未传染给申诉人。
