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Lesotho: Challenging mandatory HIV testing of accused persons and the mandatory death sentence of Persons Living With HIV (PLWH)

SALC is supporting the constitutional challenge of Section 30 and 32(a)(vii) of the Sexual offences Act, which provides for mandatory HIV testing of an accused person upon being charged with…

Staff Writer24 May 2021

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Abuja Court decision a warning against HIV discriminating employers

ABUJA – On 26 September 2018, the National Industrial Court of Nigeria set precedent on the rights of people living with HIV in the workplace. In a scathing judgment that…

Staff Writer9 October 2018

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Nigeria: Mandatory HIV testing and dismissal of an employee on the basis of HIV-status

SALC worked with Lawyers Alert, Nigeria to challenge the mandatory HIV testing of an employee of a security company and his subsequent dismissal on the basis of his HIV-status, in X v…

Staff Writer8 October 2018

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Zambia: Mandatory HIV testing of military employees

In May 2010, the High Court in Livingstone found that both petitioners, Stanley Kingaipe and Charles Chookole, were subjected to HIV testing without their informed consent in violation of their…

Staff Writer29 May 2010