United Kingdom: denying children's milk allowance to HIV-positive mother seeking asylum is discriminatory

In July 2002, the High Court of Justice found that, in denying the milk allowance, the Home Office had failed to realize the real risk that the mother might breastfeed her daughter and that the daughter might be infected with HIV. The Court also ruled that the Home Office's action was discriminatory under Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.