Harms of sex offender registries in Canada among people living with HIV

This paper examines the harms of sex offender registries (SOR) in Canada as experienced by people living with HIV. These harms are significant and wide-ranging, and include social harms, psychological harms, and harms to liberty and human dignity. Specifically, this paper examines the experiences of people living with HIV convicted of aggravated sexual assault for not disclosing their HIV status to sexual partners, and who, as a result of their conviction, face compulsory registration with the National Sex Offender Registry (NSOR).