DKT v. USAID
Court Cases
Challenging Global AIDS Funding Restrictions
DKT v. USAID is the Brennan Center’s first case challenging the government’s anti-prostitution pledge requirement, filed on August 11, 2005 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The Center is assisting in the representation of DKT International with Jenner & Block serving as lead counsel.
DKT was denied funding when it explained that for First Amendment and public health policy reasons, it would refuse to adopt a policy parroting the government’s “anti-prostitution” ideology. One of the largest providers of HIV/AIDS services worldwide, DKT operates programs in Brazil, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, Sudan, and Vietnam. DKT has sued the United States Agency for International Development ("USAID").
Related Court Documents
- D.C. Circuit Decision in DKT v. USAID (02/27/07)
- DKT Oral Argument Transcript from D.C. Circuit (01/11/07)
- DKT Brief Filed in the DC Circuit (11/13/06)
- ACLU Women’s Rights Project Amicus Brief Filed in DC Circuit (11/13/06)
- DKT v. USAID: Government’s Reply Brief in Support of Motion to Dismiss (10/31/05)
- DKT’s Opposition to Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss (10/24/05)
- DKT v. USAID: Exhibit A to Government’s Reply Brief in Support of Motion to Dismiss (10/14/05)
- DKT v. USAID: Government’s Brief in Support of Motion to Dismiss (10/11/05)
- DKT Reply Brief (09/02/05)
- DKT v. USAID: Government’s Brief in Opposition to Preliminary Injunction (08/26/05)
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- DKT Preliminary Injunction Brief (08/11/05)
- DKT Complaint