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曾经有过种族隔离和种族歧视历史的南非,如今却在公民平等权的保障方面取得了举世瞩目的成就,这得益于南非完备有效的平等权宪法保护机制。南非宪法法院以宪法判例的方式确立了一系列平等权保护原则,从而在平等权的保障上发挥了不可替代的作用。例如,通过霍弗曼诉南非航空公司案的判例,南非宪法法院确立了对艾滋病病毒携带者的平等权保障原则,从而有效地解决了南非为数不少的艾滋病病毒携带者受歧视问题。南非的这种平等权保护机制及其所取得的成就,对我国完善平等权保障方面的制度建构具有诸多启示。
South Africa, which once had a history of apartheid and racism, has now made remarkable achievements in safeguarding citizens’ equal rights thanks to the well-established constitutional protection mechanism for equal rights in South Africa. The Constitutional Court of South Africa has established a series of principles for the protection of equal rights by means of constitutional precedents, thus playing an irreplaceable role in the protection of equal rights. For example, South Africa’s Constitutional Court, through Hoeffman v. South African Airways case lawsuit, established the principle of equal rights protection for people living with HIV and effectively addressed the issue of discrimination against a large number of people living with HIV in South Africa. This mechanism of protection of equal rights in South Africa and its achievements have many enlightenments on the institutional construction of improving the protection of equal rights in our country.