Edwin Cameron
Biographical info
Former human rights lawyer and Constitutional Court Judge, Supreme Court Judge Edwin Cameron is still the only public office bearer in South Africa to have made public his HIV status. He is a Judge of Appeal in the Supreme Court of Appeal.
Edwin Cameron has authored a number of books, including Defiant Desire – Gay and Lesbian Lives in South Africa and Honoré’s South African Law of Trusts. He has received numerous awards and distinctions. These include honorary fellowships of the Society for Advanced Legal Studies in London and Kebble College, Oxford, the Nelson Mandela Award for Health and Human Rights (2000) and the San Francisco Aids Foundation Excellence in Leadership Award for 2003. In 2002 the Bar of England and Wales honoured him with a special award for his contribution to international jurisprudence and the protection of human rights.
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