ISSUES OF QUALIFYING AND DISTINGUISHING THE CRIME OF SPREADING A STD OR HIV/AIDS DISEASE FROM SIMILAR CRIMES

This article describes the issues of qualifying the crime of sexually transmitted disease or spreading HIV/AIDS and distinguishing it from similar crimes. In particular, the article scientifically analyzes the different aspects of the crime of sexually transmitted disease or spreading HIV/AIDS from similar crimes, i.e. Article 116 of the Criminal Code. In addition, in the article, if sexually transmitted disease or HIV/AIDS infection occurs as a result of touching the honor, in such cases, the criminal's actions are qualified by Articles 113 and 118 of the Criminal Code, that is, as a set of crimes. Also, the article presents reasonable conclusions on the issues of qualification and differentiation of the crime of spreading the sexually transmitted disease or HIV/AIDS from similar crimes.