The 8 March Principles for a Human Rights-Based Approach to Criminal Law Proscribing Conduct Associated with Sex, Reproduction, Drug Use, HIV, Homelessness and Poverty

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Title	The 8 March Principles for a Human Rights-Based Approach to Criminal Law Proscribing Conduct Associated with Sex, Reproduction, Drug Use, HIV, Homelessness and Poverty/ International Commission of Jurists
Imprint	Geneva : International Commission of Jurists, 2023.
Physical	32 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
Note	General Part I - Basic Principles of Criminal Law --Principle 1 - Principle of legality --Principle 2 - Harm principle --Principle 3 - Individual criminal liability --Principle 4 - Voluntary act requirement --Principle 5 - Mental state requirement --Principle 6 - Grounds for excluding criminal liability.
Note	General Part II - Criminal Law and International Human Rights Law and Standards --Principle 7 - Human rights restrictions on criminal law --Principle 8 - Legitimate exercise of human rights --Principle 9 - Criminal law and prohibited discrimination --Principle 10 - Criminal liability may not be based on discriminatory grounds --Principle 11 - Limitations on criminal liability for persons under 18 years of age --Principle 12 - Criminal law and non-derogable human rights --Principle 13 - Criminal law sanctions.
Note	Special Part III - Application to the Criminalization of Conduct Associated with Sex, Reproduction, Drug Use, HIV, Homelessness and Poverty --Principle 14 - Sexual and reproductive health and rights --Principle 15 - Abortion --Principle 16 - Consensual sexual conduct --Principle 17 - Sex work --Principle 18 - Sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression --Principle 19 - HIV --Principle 20 - Drug use and possession, purchase, or cultivation of drugs for personal use --Principle 21 - Life-sustaining activities in public places and conduct associated with homelessness and poverty.
Note	The principles are aimed at offering a clear, accessible and operational legal framework and practical legal guidance based on general principles of criminal law and international human rights law and standards on the application of the criminal law to conduct associated with: sexual and reproductive health and rights, including abortion; consensual sexual activities, including in such contexts as sex outside marriage, same-sex sexual relations, adolescent sexual activity and sex work; gender identity and gender expression; HIV non-disclosure, exposure or transmission; drug use and the possession of drugs for personal use; and homelessness and poverty. They aim to assist legislatures, the courts, administrative and prosecutorial authorities, and advocates to address the harmful impact of criminalization of the above-mentioned conduct on health, equality and other human rights.
Subject	Sexual orientation
Subject	Gender identity
Subject	Women's rights
Subject	Human Rights
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520^aTheprinciplesareaimedatofferingaclear,accessibleandoperationallegalframeworkandpracticallegalguidancebasedongeneralprinciplesofcriminallawandinternationalhumanrightslawandstandardsontheapplicationofthecriminallawtoconductassociatedwith:sexualandreproductivehealthandrights,includingabortion;consensualsexualactivities,includinginsuchcontextsassexoutsidemarriage,same-sexsexualrelations,adolescentsexualactivityandsexwork;genderidentityandgenderexpression;HIVnon-disclosure,exposureortransmission;druguseandthepossessionofdrugsforpersonaluse;andhomelessnessandpoverty.Theyaimtoassistlegislatures,thecourts,administrativeandprosecutorialauthorities,andadvocatestoaddresstheharmfulimpactofcriminalizationoftheabove-mentionedconductonhealth,equalityandotherhumanrights.

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