Edwin Cameron
From QueerBio.com
Country
South Africa
Birth - Death
1953 -
Occupation
Law
Description
Advocate of human rights. Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa from 2009-2019. Judge of the High Court, 1994-2000. Instrumental in including sexual orientation in the Bill of Rights, and drafting a Charter of Rights on HIV/Aids. Drafted the Charter of Rights on AIDS and HIV, co-founded the AIDS Consortium (a national affiliation of non-governmental organizations working in AIDS), which he chaired for its first three years, and founded and was the first director of the AIDS Law Project. Chancellor of Stellenbosch University. Publicly announced he is living with AIDS.
See Also
- LGBTQ Chief Justices
- Practising LGBTQ Rights Lawyers
- Global LGBTQ HIV/AIDS Activists
- LGBTQ Leaders in Higher Education
