title: South Africa: Constitutional Court protects  privacy rights of people living with HIV.
abstract: On 4 April 2007, the Constitutional Court of South Africa set aside the judgment of the Johannesburg High Court and ruled that applicants' rights to privacy, dignity and psychological integrity were violated by publication of their HIV status without their consent in the case of NM and Others v Smith and Others.
authors.forename: Leah
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Utyasheva
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000523:psychology; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000523:psychology; D006806:Human Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D018907:Privacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D013019:South Africa