title: Mexico: Supreme Court rules discharge  of HIV-positive troops unconstitutional.
abstract: On 27 February 2007, Mexico's National Supreme Court of Justice ruled unconstitutional an article of the Social Security Institute Law for the Armed Forces that required HIV-positive service men and women to be discharged. The ruling came as the Court determined a group of 11 cases brought by HIV-positive ex-military personnel requesting constitutional injunctions against their dismissals from the armed forces.
authors: Richard
authors: R
authors: Pearshouse
mesh_terms: D004651:Employment / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D008889:Military Personnel