Our 2024 Annual Report:
A Year of Progress, Challenge and Purpose
Today with the publication of our 2024 Annual Report we look back at our achievements last year.
The report is published by the HIV Justice Foundation, an independent non-profit legal entity registered in the Netherlands as Stichting HIV Justice, which serves as the fiscal organisation for the HIV Justice Network (HJN) and other related activities.
In a world increasingly shaped by political upheaval and public health fatigue, HIV criminalisation remains a glaring human rights crisis. In 2024, the HIV Justice Network and our HIV JUSTICE WORLDWIDE partners navigated both hard-fought wins and sobering setbacks. Yet, despite these setbacks, the global movement against HIV criminalisation remains strong and united.
From law reform to expanded training, and from renewed coalitions to powerful storytelling, our advocacy continues to make an impact. Welcome reforms in several countries signal growing momentum for change. But stigma and anti-rights agendas are also driving continued misuse of the criminal law. We recorded 65 new HIV criminalisation cases this year, up from 57 in 2023 – in 20 countries. These cases, and the persistence of HIV-specific criminal laws in 79 countries, underscore the need for accelerated advocacy and resources.
In 2024, we expanded the reach of the HIV Justice Academy and deepened community engagement globally, while continuing to centre the voices of those most affected by HIV criminalisation. A mid-term review of our 2022–2026 Strategic Plan led us to sharpen our focus on intersectionality and sustainability and helped identify emerging areas of concern, including HIV-related migration and travel restrictions. This laid the foundation for the launch of Positive Destinations, the new home for what was previously hivtravel.org – the key source of information globally about this issue. It reflects our commitment to freedom of movement and dignity for people living with HIV.
None of this would have been possible without our dedicated team, our partners, and our funders. We’re especially grateful to the Robert Carr Fund, Gilead Sciences and the Levi Strauss Foundation for sustaining our work in a year marked by financial uncertainty.
As we face 2025 and beyond, the path remains steep, but not insurmountable. Every unjust law challenged, every advocate supported, every narrative shifted brings us closer to our vision: a world where no one is criminalised or discriminated against because of their HIV status.
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