| The AIDS Consortium was established by Prof. Edwin Cameron (today a distinguished judge of the Supreme Court) and other HIV/AIDS specialists from academic backgrounds, all based in South Africa, as a project at the Centre for Applied Legal Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand in 1992. Its objective was to promote a non-discriminatory response to HIV/AIDS epidemic based on people's basic human rights as enshrined in the Constitution. The founding document was the HIV/AIDS Charter, which set out the basic human rights of people living with HIV/AIDS. The AC was established as an independent NGO in Braamfontein at it's first AGM in 1998 where 225 members ratified the constitution. In
July 2000 the AC registered as a Section 21 company and is a membership
based organisation bringing together a network of over 1000 AIDS service
organisations (ASO's) and individuals addressing the AIDS pandemic
in Southern Africa. |
