Punitive laws drive the affected populations underground: NACO

“We have found that the biggest problem with punitive laws is that they drive the affected populations underground” said Aradhana Johri, Additional Secretary, National AIDS Control Organization (NACO), Department of AIDS Control, Government of India. She was speaking as one of the panelists at the ‘The Road Ahead Section 377’ roundtable organized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) India in association with Naz Foundation International (NFI), Centre for Legal Aid and Rights, and Project Diva.