The 25th International AIDS Conference kicks off in Frankfurt Germany with the theme #PutPeopleFirst from the 22nd of July 2024.
Lawyers Alert is excited to participate in the Conference, the theme of this year's conference fits into the Lawyers Alert approach of interventions in the sphere of stigma and discrimination as it concerns People living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA).
Lawyers Alert carries out intensive legal literacy and awareness campaigns on the rights of PLHA (People Living with HIV/AIDS), focusing on access to justice, services, and resources. We provide free legal support, collect scientific data on rights violations associated with HIV, and engage in law reforms and policy advocacy. We contributed to the passage of the Benue HIV and AIDS Anti-Discrimination Law 2014 and provided data on human rights abuses associated with HIV/AIDS Read More, addressing the criminalization of HIV infection through strategic impact litigation (SIL). A total of 774 PLHA have benefitted from Lawyers Alert’s free legal support, notable cases we have handled include that of Mr. X Read more and several others.
The President of Lawyers Alert, Rommy Mom will participate at the Global Conference alongside thousands around the globe and will share how Lawyers Alert puts People first and why it matters that interventions must be person-centered and human rights-based.
As the Conference approaches, Lawyers Alert calls on all State, and Non-State Actors to speak up, and together, let’s build a more inclusive and equitable HIV response.
Lawyers Alert, in collaboration with SALC, successfully challenged the mandatory HIV testing and subsequent dismissal of an employee based on his HIV status in the case X v Brink and Others. The applicant, Mr. X, was employed by a private security company and was ordered to undergo a medical test without being informed of its nature or giving consent. Upon discovering he had tested positive for HIV, Mr. X's employment was terminated despite medical certifications attesting to his fitness to work. The defendants denied Mr. X was their employee and that his dismissal was due to his HIV status. However, on 26 September 2018, the Abuja Industrial Court ruled in favor of Mr. X, declaring the employer's actions unlawful and discriminatory under the Anti-Discrimination Act, the Constitution, the Labour Act, and the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights Act. The Court awarded Mr. X damages amounting to over five years' salary, acknowledging the stigma and mistreatment he suffered.
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