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45 judgments found.
Country:
Trinidad and Tobago Year: 1996
Court: United Nations Human Rights Committee
Citation: Communication No. 684/1996, CCPR/C/74/D/684/1996
Health Topics:
Health care and health services,
Mental health,
Prisons Human Rights: Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment Facts: R.S. was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. On 8 March 1996, the same day that five other warrants of execution were read (although the prison was only equipped to handle two executions a day), R.S. was read a warrant for his execution, to take place on 13 March 1996. Along with a psychiatrist, …Read more
Tags: Access to health care,
Cruel and unusual punishment,
Cruel treatment,
Custody,
Degrading treatment,
Detention,
Execution,
Humiliating treatment,
Imprisonment,
Incapacity,
Incarceration,
Incompetence,
Inhuman treatment,
Inmate,
Insanity,
Mental competence,
Mental disability,
Mental disorder,
Mental illness,
Prison conditions,
Psychiatry
Country:
Argentina Year: 1995
Court: Human Rights Committee
Citation: Mónaco de Gallicchio v. Arg., U.N. H.R. Comm., U.N. Doc. CCPR/C/53/D/400/1990 (Apr. 27, 1995).
Health Topics:
Child and adolescent health,
Health information,
Mental health Human Rights: Right to due process/fair trial,
Right to family life,
Right to privacy Facts: Grandmother of a child orphaned at the hands of the military government of Argentina who was then falsely adopted filed claims against the government citing ICCPR Articles 7 (freedom from torture, including psychological), 23 (family) and 24 (child protections) rights violations. Ximena Vicario’s parents disappeared when she was 9 months old and she was cared …Read more
Tags: Child development,
Forced disappearance,
Health records,
Medical records,
Psychology,
Torture
Country:
Spain Year: 1995
Court: United Nations Human Rights Committee
Citation: U.N. H.R. Comm., U.N. Doc. CCPR/C/53/D/493/1992 (Apr. 5, 1995).
Health Topics:
Controlled substances,
Mental health,
Prisons Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination,
Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment,
Right to bodily integrity,
Right to due process/fair trial,
Right to liberty and security of person,
Right to privacy Facts: The petitioner, a Canadian citizen, was arrested along with two acquaintances when the group attempted to enter Spain with large quantities of hashish concealed in their vehicle. The petitioner claimed to have no knowledge of the contraband, and his acquaintances also told police that he was innocent of any wrongdoing. Nevertheless, the examining magistrate incarcerated …Read more
Tags: Abuse,
Cruel and unusual punishment,
Cruel treatment,
Custody,
Degrading treatment,
Detainee,
Detention,
Drug use,
Humiliating treatment,
Imprisonment,
Incarceration,
Inhuman treatment,
Inmate,
Jail,
People who use drugs,
Police,
Prison conditions,
Torture
Country:
Jamaica Year: 1995
Court: United Nations Humans Right Committee
Citation: Communication No 606/1994
Health Topics:
Health care and health services,
Mental health,
Prisons Human Rights: Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment,
Right to due process/fair trial,
Right to health Facts: Francis (F) had been convicted of murder and sentenced to death in February 1980. An appeal was dismissed in November 1981 and in October 1987 a note of the oral judgment was produced but nothing written was issued. His lawyers had apparently stated that they could find no grounds to argue on his behalf with …Read more
Tags: Abuse,
Access to health care,
Cruel and unusual punishment,
Cruel treatment,
Degrading treatment,
Execution,
Humiliating treatment,
Imprisonment,
Incarceration,
Inhuman treatment,
Inmate,
Insanity,
Mental disorder,
Mental illness,
Paranoia,
Prison conditions,
Psychiatry
Country:
Jamaica Year: 1995
Court: United Nations Human Rights Committee
Citation: Communication Nos. 464 & 482/1991
Health Topics:
Prisons Human Rights: Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment,
Right to due process/fair trial Facts: Peart and Peart (A and G) were convicted of murder and sentenced to death in 1988. They claimed that their conviction was based on the uncorroborated evidence of an eyewitness, evidence which had conflicted with a written statement previously made to the police but which they had not been allowed to see before or during …Read more
Tags: Cruel and unusual punishment,
Cruel treatment,
Custody,
Degrading treatment,
Detention,
Execution,
Imprisonment,
Incarceration,
Inhuman treatment,
Inmate,
Jail,
Law enforcement,
Prison
Country:
Jamaica Year: 1995
Court: United Nations Human Rights Committee
Citation: Communication No. 541/1993
Health Topics:
Prisons Human Rights: Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment,
Right to due process/fair trial Facts: Simms (S) was awaiting execution following his conviction for murder in 1988 which was based on identification evidence. S complained about weaknesses in the identification evidence, the failure of the judge to direct the jury properly about that evidence, the inadequacy of the representation provided by his legal aid lawyer, the absence of an opportunity …Read more
Tags: Abuse,
Cruel and unusual punishment,
Cruel treatment,
Custody,
Degrading treatment,
Detainee,
Imprisonment,
Incarceration,
Inhuman treatment,
Inmate,
Jail
Country:
Australia Year: 1994
Court: United Nations Human Rights Committee
Citation: CCPR/C/50/D/488/1992
Health Topics:
Health care and health services,
Health information,
HIV/AIDS,
Sexual and reproductive health Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination,
Right to due process/fair trial,
Right to liberty and security of person,
Right to privacy Facts: Nicholas Toonen was a gay man, HIV/AIDS activist, and LGBT rights activist living in Tasmania. Tasmania criminalized same-sex sexual conduct among men under ss 122 and 123 its criminal code; it was the last remaining state or territory of Australia to do so, the remainder having repealed such laws. Toonen brought a communication before the …Read more
Tags: Access to health care,
Access to treatment,
AIDS,
Awareness,
Criminalization,
Gay,
Health education,
Health promotion,
HIV,
HIV positive,
HIV status,
Homosexual,
Law enforcement,
LGBTI,
Most-at-risk,
People living with HIV/AIDS,
PLHIV,
Queer,
Sexual orientation,
Sodomy
Country:
Central African Republic Year: 1994
Court: United Nations Human Rights Committee
Citation: Communication 428/1990, UN Doc. CCPR/C/50/D/428/1990
Health Topics:
Diet and nutrition,
Health care and health services,
Prisons,
Violence Human Rights: Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment,
Right to due process/fair trial,
Right to food,
Right to health,
Right to liberty and security of person Facts: In a communication submitted to the United Nations Humans Right Committee (“UNHRC”), Yvonne M’Boissona asserted that her brother, François Bozize, led a coup d’état in the Central African Republic in 1982. After fleeing the country, he was arrested in July 1989 in Benin, repatriated to the Central African Republic by force, and imprisoned at a …Read more
Tags: Abuse,
Access to health care,
Armed conflict,
Assault,
Cruel and unusual punishment,
Cruel treatment,
Custody,
Degrading treatment,
Detainee,
Detention,
Diet,
Food,
Food safety,
Humiliating treatment,
Hunger,
Imprisonment,
Incarceration,
Inhuman treatment,
Inmate,
Jail,
Malnutrition,
Military,
Militias,
Prison conditions,
Refugee,
Solitary confinement,
Starvation,
Torture
Country:
Equatorial Guinea Year: 1994
Court: United Nations Human Rights Committee
Citation: Communication No. 414/1990
Health Topics:
Prisons Human Rights: Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment,
Right to due process/fair trial Facts: Mika Miha (M), having twice previously left Equatorial Guinea for asylum abroad, had returned in 1988 to support the activities of an opposition party to which he belonged. Shortly afterwards, he was arrested by members of the security forces. The only explanation given was that his detention had been ordered by the president. For the …Read more
Tags: Abuse,
Cruel and unusual punishment,
Cruel treatment,
Custody,
Degrading treatment,
Detainee,
Detention,
Imprisonment,
Incarceration,
Inhuman treatment,
Inmate,
Jail,
Prison conditions,
Torture
Country:
Libya Year: 1994
Court: United Nations Human Rights Committee
Citation: Communication No. 440/1990
Health Topics:
Prisons Human Rights: Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment,
Right to liberty and security of person Facts: El-Megreisi (E) alleged that his family home was searched at dawn by the security police and that his brother, having been asked to leave with them to assist in an unspecified security matter, never returned. He also alleged that after over three years had elapsed, his brother’s wife was allowed to visit him in a …Read more
Tags: Cruel and unusual punishment,
Cruel treatment,
Detainee,
Detention,
Forced disappearance,
Inhuman treatment,
Torture
Country:
Congo, DRC Year: 1993
Court: United Nations Human Rights Committee
Citation: Communication No. 366/1989
Health Topics:
Prisons Human Rights: Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment,
Right to liberty and security of person Facts: Kanana Tshiongo A Minanga (K), a founder of a political party opposed to the governing regime of President Mobutu, complained that he was taken by members of the Zairian defense forces to the headquarters of the political police supposedly to meet the director and then held overnight without any reason being given. While there, he …Read more
Tags: Cruel and unusual punishment,
Cruel treatment,
Detainee,
Detention,
Humiliating treatment,
Inhuman treatment,
Torture
Country:
Canada Year: 1984
Court: United Nations Human Rights Committee
Citation: Communication No. 167/1984: U.N. Doc. CCPR/C/38/D/167/1984 (1990)
Health Topics:
Controlled substances,
Diet and nutrition,
Environmental health,
Infectious diseases,
Poverty,
Sexual and reproductive health,
Water, sanitation and hygiene Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination,
Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment,
Freedom of religion,
Right to a clean environment,
Right to due process/fair trial,
Right to family life,
Rights to the benefits of culture Facts: Chief Bernard Ominayak (the “author”) was the leader and representative of the Lubicon Lake Band (the “Band”), a Cree Indian Band living in the Province of Alberta in Canada. He argued that the State party expropriated Lubicon land for commercial interest despite its recognition that the Band members had the right to continue their traditional …Read more
Tags: Alcohol,
Childbirth,
Clean water,
Cruel treatment,
Degrading treatment,
Diet,
Environmental degradation,
Food,
Indigenous groups,
Inhuman treatment,
Malnutrition,
Miscarriage,
Substance abuse,
TB,
Tuberculosis,
Waste,
Waste management
Country:
Canada Year: 1982
Court: United Nations Human Rights Committee
Citation: Communication No. 67/1980, U.N. Doc. CCPR/C/OP/1 at 20
Health Topics:
Chronic and noncommunicable diseases,
Environmental health Human Rights: Right to a clean environment,
Right to life,
Right to water and sanitation Facts: This communication was filed by the chairperson of the Port Hope Environmental Group on behalf of the residents of Port Hope, Ontario, Canada. From 1945 to 1952, Eldorado Nuclear Ltd., a federal Crown Corporation, disposed of nuclear waste in dumpsites within Port Hope, a town of 10,000 people. In 1975, large-scale pollution of residences and …Read more
Tags: Biohazard,
Cancer,
Contamination,
Genetic disease,
Industrial waste,
Nuclear radiation,
Nuclear waste,
Pollution,
Toxic waste,
Waste,
Waste management,
Water pollution