Difference between revisions of "Edwin Cameron"
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Revision as of 13:32, 8 November 2016
Country
South Africa
Birth - Death
1953 -
Occupation
Law
Description
Advocate of human rights. Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa since 2009. 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. Publicly announced he is living with AIDS.
