Who: SWK, PAK, GWK, AMM, Kenya Legal and Ethical Issues Network on HIV & AIDS (KELIN), African Gender and Media Initiative Trust (GEM)
Vs.
Médecins Sans Frontières – France (MSF- France), Pumwani Maternity Hospital, Marie Stopes International, the Nairobi County Executive Committee Member in Charge of Health Services, Cabinet Secretary – Ministry of Health, Republic of Kenya and The Attorney General.
What: The Constitutional and Human Rights Division of the High Court in Nairobi will hear Petition 605 of 2014; one of the cases challenging the forced and coerced tubal ligation of women living with HIV. To view the petition, click here.
When: 4 October 2017
Where: Constitutional and Human Rights Division of the High Court of Kenya in Nairobi, Court No. 1 on 3rd Floor, Milimani Law Courts.
PLEASE NOTE: The applicants request that their names and identity should not be disclosed in the media to protect them from further stigma/discrimination on the basis of their HIV status. The proceedings shall be in camera.
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For more information contact:
Allan Maleche,
Advocate for the Petitioner’s and
Executive Director, KELIN
Kenya Legal and Ethical Issues Network on HIV & AIDS (KELIN)
4th Floor, Somak Building, Mombasa Road
Tel +254202515790; Cell +254708389870;
Email: amaleche@kelinkenya.org
Or
African Gender and Media Initiative
3rd Ngong Avenue, Upper Hill Gardens, Apt #E-06
Telephone: 020-2113093/4
P.O. Box 50429-00200 Nairobi
Website: www.gem.or.ke
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