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Judge Edwin Cameron of SA reveals that he has been HIV positive since 1987

Judge Edwin Cameron of SA reveals that he has been HIV positive since 1987

Date
20 Apr 1999
Updated
30 Sep 2019
Judge Edwin Cameron of SA reveals that he has been HIV positive since 1987

Justice of the Constitutional Court, Edwin Cameron made headlines in 1999 when he announced that he had been living with HIV for twelve years. Cameron was a judge at the time and is one of the first few high profile people to publicly disclose their status. Cameron has stated that his disclosure was inspired by the case of Gugu Dlamini, a woman who was stoned and stabbed to death after disclosing on a local radio show that she had HIV. Cameron has been active in the fight against HIV/AIDS. While serving as a human rights lawyer at the Witwatersrand University’s Centre for Applied Legal Studies, he co-drafted the Charter of Rights on AIDS and HIV, co-founded the AIDS Consortium and founded the AIDS Law Project.

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  1. 01South Africa The Good News Justice Edwin Cameron [online] Available at: www.sagoodnews.co.za [Accessed on 12 April 2013]
  2. 02Constitutional Court Judges  Justice Cameron [online] Available at: www.constitutionalcourt.org.za [Accessed on 12 April 2013]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2013, April 19). Judge Edwin Cameron of SA reveals that he has been HIV positive since 1987. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0095487

South African History Online (2013) 'Judge Edwin Cameron of SA reveals that he has been HIV positive since 1987', South African History Online, 19 April. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0095487 (Accessed: 1 August 2026).

South African History Online, Judge Edwin Cameron of SA reveals that he has been HIV positive since 1987 [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0095487, (accessed 1 August 2026).

"Judge Edwin Cameron of SA reveals that he has been HIV positive since 1987." South African History Online, 19 Apr. 2013, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0095487. Accessed 1 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "Judge Edwin Cameron of SA reveals that he has been HIV positive since 1987." South African History Online. April 19, 2013. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0095487.

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