So sweet, so sour: a commentary on the Nigerian High Court's decision in Georgina Ahamefule v Imperial Hospital and Another relating to the rights of persons living with HIV

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dc.contributor.authorDurojaye, Ebenezer
dc.date.accessioned2015-03-05T10:24:17Z
dc.date.available2015-03-05T10:24:17Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this article is to assess the decision of the Nigerian High Court in the Ahamefule case. While the case would seem to be a victory for people living with HIV in the country, it left some important questions unanswered. First, the article gives the facts of the case and the Court’s decision. It then questions the reasoning of the Court in this case. The article argues that the decision merely gives people living with HIV false hope in realising their rights. It argues further that, apart from the fact that the decision lacks in-depth analysis, it also misses a great opportunity to address an important issue relating to the right to non-discrimination of people living with HIV. The article concludes by arguing that the supposed ‘sweet victory’ in the Ahamefule case has left ‘a sour taste’ in our mouths, since it does not in the true sense advance the rights of people living with HIV in the country.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationDurojaye,E.(2013). So sweet, so sour: a commentary on the Nigerian High Court's decision in Georgina Ahamefule v Imperial Hospital and Another relating to the rights of persons living with HIV. African Human Rights Law Journal, 13 (2): 464-480en_US
dc.identifier.issn1609-073X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/1366
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterfalse
dc.publisherPretoria University Law Press (PULP)en_US
dc.rightsThis article is published in an Open Access journal
dc.status.ispeerreviewedtrue
dc.subjectHuman rightsen_US
dc.subjectHIV/AIDSen_US
dc.subjectLegislationen_US
dc.subjectNigeriaen_US
dc.titleSo sweet, so sour: a commentary on the Nigerian High Court's decision in Georgina Ahamefule v Imperial Hospital and Another relating to the rights of persons living with HIVen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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