The Ombudsperson of the Republic of Macedonia (the Ombudsperson) challenged a provision from the Law on Amending and Supplementing the Law on Health Insurance (the Law). The Law provided that insurees would have a right to basic health services from health facilities that had concluded a contract with the Health Insurance Fund (the Fund), but …Read more

The Public Prosecutor’s Office of the State of Rio Grande do Sul filed an extraordinary appeal against the decision of the Rio Grande do Sul’s Court of Justice. The Court of Justice found that the Public Prosecutor was not entitled to bring an action on the behalf of an individual, because any individual may bring …Read more

The Public Prosecutor’s Office of Santa Catarina filed a public action to compel the State of Santa Catarina to provide pharmaceuticals to a needy individual, for the treatment of his hepatitis B and C. The Court of Justice found that the Public Prosecutor’s filing of the action had been illegitimate. The Public Prosecutor then filed …Read more

The plaintiff’s mother filed a guarantee of protection of individual constitutional rights (amparo protection) against the National State for the discriminatory treatment of a Bolivian girl with a disability. The girl was born in Bolivia and migrated to Argentina. She requested a pension from the National State because of her disability. The National Social Security …Read more

Paulina del Carmen Ramírez Jacinto, a minor child, filed a complaint against the United Mexican States for violating her human rights of when she allegedly became pregnant as a result of a rape when she was fourteen years old and was prevented by the state authorities from exercising her right to terminate that pregnancy as …Read more

The State of Espírito Santo filed an extraordinary appeal against the decision of the Court of Justice of Espírito Santo. The Court of Justice found that the State was responsible for providing all medicine and medical assistance required for the treatment of an individual’s serious disease, including the drug Viagra. The State argued that the …Read more

The Public Prosecutor’s Office of the State of Rio Grande do Sul filed an extraordinary appeal against the decision of the Rio Grande do Sul’s Court of Justice. The Court of Justice found that the Public Prosecutor was not entitled to bring an action on the behalf of an individual, because any individual may bring …Read more

The State’s Convergence of Unions of Physicians (SCUP) planned multiple strikes in 2003. Before these strikes, the Bureau of Economics and Treasury of the Community of Valencia issued a resolution that required the physicians to perform “minimal health services” in the hospital before they could strike. This resolution effectively required physicians to forego the strike …Read more

Applicant, a Croatian prisoner, alleged that the prison authorities violated her rights under Article 3 of the Convention because she was not provided with adequate medical treatment and necessary medical check-ups for her illness (chronic hepatitis), nor did she receive an adequate diet or sufficient opportunity to take necessary rest. Consequently, she lost control over …Read more