title: Russia: European Court of Human Rights rules HIV-positive foreign national suffered discrimination.
abstract: On 10 March 2011, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held that refusing a residence permit to a foreign national solely on the basis of his HIV-positive status amounted to unlawful discrimination. This case is a significant boost to the rights of persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV) in Europe and beyond.
authors.affiliation: McGill University, Faculty of Law, Montréal.
authors.forename: Rémi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Weiss
mesh_terms: D005060:Europe; D006806:Human Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011287:Prejudice; D012426:Russia