Pozzen

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Deliberate self- infection with HIV is referred to as Pozzen or Pozzing ( called Bugchasing in English-speaking countries ) . This is to be distinguished from the formulations HIV POZ or POZ , which are mainly used in the English-speaking world by positively affected persons and self-help groups who do not intend to intentionally become infected.

Overview

The word is derived from positive . HIV-negative people should intentionally allow themselves to be infected with the HI virus by people with a high viral load . This is to be distinguished from so-called barebacking , in which an infection is not aimed at, but is accepted. The existence of the Pozzens is however unproven. The topic came to the media public in 2003 through an article by Gregory A. Freeman in Rolling Stone , the correctness of which, however, with regard to the frequency of the phenomenon alleged therein, was soon denied by sources cited in it, and therefore by Andrew Sullivan among others and the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation has been severely criticized. An experiment carried out for a BBC program with an HIV-positive man who sought contact with "bug chasers" in internet forums came to the conclusion that the overwhelming majority of these conversations were "pure fantasies" that were nonetheless willing promoted risky sexual behavior. The reasons for the bug chasers should be, among other things, permanent fear of infection, financial or social problems, love or fear of loss as well as the desire for future unprotected sexual intercourse with HIV-positive people.

Legal qualification

Regardless of whether the infected person consents to the infection or not, bodily harm is committed from the legal point of view. However, whether and how this is punishable depends on the respective national law. The penalty depends, among other things, on whether the infection was caused negligently or deliberately.

Situation in Switzerland

The Swiss Federal Supreme Court ruled in Federal Court decision 131 IV 1 : “The HIV infection as such is objectively serious (life-threatening) bodily harm” (according to Art. 122 StGB). However, this can no longer be punishable if the infected partner has expressly consented to this. The Federal Supreme Court subsumes this under the legal concept of self-responsible self-endangerment and states: "A conviction of the HIV-infected person for (attempted) serious bodily harm is disregarded if the partner is fully aware of the infection and the risk of transmission and agrees to the unprotected sexual contact and dominated the event ” .

Regardless of this, a perpetrator who deliberately infects others with HIV fulfills the requirements of Art. 231 StGB "Spreading of human diseases". Since the protected legal interest in this case is public health , the perpetrator cannot justify himself with the consent of the victim.

See also

Corona party

Measles party

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Der Tagesspiegel : Many people consciously take the risk . April 16, 2009
  2. ^ Rolling Stone : In Search of Death . January 23, 2003
  3. ↑ Newsweek : Is Rolling Stone's Hiv Story Wildly Exaggerated? . January 23, 2003
  4. ↑ MTV : The "Bug Chasing" Myth . April 11, 2003
  5. ↑ Sex- and death-crazed gays play viral Russian Roulette! ( Memento from October 7, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ Newsweek : Media: Using "Bug Chasers" . February 17, 2003
  7. ↑ BBC News : HIV "bug chasers": Fantasy or fact? April 10, 2006
  8. ^ The Times : HIV sex parties "spread disease" September 29, 2005
  9. ↑ a b Federal Court: BGE 131 IV 1. Retrieved on November 30, 2009 .
  10. ↑ Art. 122 StGB in SR. Retrieved November 30, 2009 .
  11. ↑ Art. 231 StGB in SR. Retrieved November 30, 2009 .