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;
And
Who: LAW, Kenya Legal and Ethical Issues Network on HIV & AIDS (KELIN), African Gender and Media Initiative Trust (GEM)
Vs.
Marura Nursing Home, 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 mention Petition 605 and 606 of 2014; the cases challenge the forced and coerced tubal ligation of women living with HIV. To view the petitions, click here and here.
When: 05 June 2019
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 and 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
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