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Challenge to HIV restrictions in French armed forces goes before top court

A French pilot in the cockpit of a Mirage 2000D fighter plane. Currently, service members living with HIV are unable to become army pilots.
A French pilot in the cockpit of a Mirage 2000D fighter plane. Currently, service members living with HIV are unable to become army pilots. © Reuters/ECPAD

Several organisations have brought a case before France’s highest court to challenge the continued exclusion of people living with HIV from certain posts in the armed forces, gendarmerie and fire services.

The organisations bringing the case before the Council of State, including STOP Homophobie and SOS Racisme, point to “an excess of power” wielded by recruiters, who keep people with HIV out of certain posts.

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