Challenge to HIV Restrictions in French Armed Forces Goes Before Top Court
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Challenge to HIV restrictions in French armed forces goes before top court
Several organisations have brought a case before France’s highest court to challenge the continued exclusion of people living with HIV from certain posts in the armed forces, gendarmerie and fire services.
"After a first victory in 2023 (open access to the army for HIV-positive people, NDLR) we are today contesting the discrimination that persists, especially for military pilots, commandos or certain specialist firefighters", explains to the AFP Me Étienne Deshoulièress, the lawyer who carries the procedure. The appeal to the Council of State, which denounces an "excess of power", also brings together the associations Familles-LGBT, Élus locals ag…
After open access to the army for HIV-positive people in 2023, "we are now contesting the discrimination that remains, especially for military pilots, commandos or certain firefighters," their lawyer explains.
The lawyer of the persons concerned, even under treatment and in perfect health, denounces discriminations serophobic, in particular for positions of military pilots, commandos or certain specialist firefighters.
Despite several reforms, people living with HIV remain excluded from certain functions in the army, the gendarmerie and relief services. Six associations, including STOP Homophobia, contest these restrictions before the Council of State. The article Serophobic discrimination by the State: six associations seize the Council of State appeared first on Association STOP homophobia.
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