Ex. Const. Badan Singh v. Union of India and Anr.
Country: IndiaYear: 2002
Court: High Court - Delhi
Citation: 2002 VIIIAD Delhi 553; 97 (2002) DLT 986
Health Topics: Disabilities, Health systems and financing, HIV/AIDS, Infectious diseases, Occupational health
Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination
The Petitioner, Ex. Const. Badan Singh, was an employee of the Border Security Force (BSF). While in employment he found out that he was living with HIV. Being considered unfit for employment by the Medical Board and the competent authority, he was discharged from service with a 70% disability. The Petitioner filed the petition in …Read more
H v. Associated Newspapers and Anr.
Country: United KingdomYear: 2002
Court: Court of Appeal, Civil Division
Citation: [2002] EWCA Civ 195
Health Topics: Health information, HIV/AIDS, Infectious diseases
Human Rights: Freedom of expression, Right of access to information, Right to privacy
H was diagnosed as HIV positive whilst working as a care worker for the second respondent, N, the responsible health authority. Upon being diagnosed, H ceased to carry on practice as a healthcare worker and notified N of the reason for this. Under the Department of Health Guidelines (the ”guidelines”) patients who had undergone medical …Read more
Joy Mining Machinery v. NUMSA
Country: South AfricaYear: 2002
Court: Labour Court of South Africa
Citation: Case No: J 158/02; [2002] ZALC 7
Health Topics: Health care and health services, Health information, HIV/AIDS, Hospitals, Infectious diseases, Informed consent, Occupational health
Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination
The Applicant, Joy Mining Machinery, was a manufacturer, supplier and service provider of mining machinery. The Applicant had attempted to determine the extent of HIV prevalence at its workplace by commissioning a study of HIV prevalence based on the demographic groups at the workplace. As this was ultimately unhelpful, the Applicant wished to determine the …Read more
Patiño Linares v. Ministerio de Salud Pública y Asistencia Social
Country: El SalvadorYear: 2002
Court: Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice [Sala de lo Constitucional de la Corte Suprema de Justicia]
Citation: Acción de Amparo, Case No. 46-2002, 11 de septiembre de 2002.
Health Topics: Health care and health services, HIV/AIDS, Medicines
Human Rights: Right to health, Right to life
This case involved an HIV-positive plaintiff who claimed that the Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance denied him an associated antiretroviral therapy. The plaintiff filed an action for the protection of his fundamental human rights, claiming that the Ministry had violated his right to health and life, under articles 2 and 65 of the …Read more
Arcila Henao v. Netherlands
Country: NetherlandsYear: 2001
Court: European Court of Human Rights
Citation: Application No. 13669/03
Health Topics: Health care and health services, HIV/AIDS, Infectious diseases, Medicines, Poverty
Human Rights: Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, Right to health
The applicant was a Columbian national residing in the Netherlands. He complained that his expulsion to Columbia would violate Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights (the “Convention”) which prohibits torture and inhuman or degrading punishment, as he would be unable to continue treatment for his HIV and Hepatitis B and would therefore …Read more
Case T-1132/01
Country: ColombiaYear: 2001
Court: Constitutional Court
Citation: Corte Constitucional [C.C.] [Constitutional Court], Sala Séptima de Revisión octubre 25, 2001, M.P.: Eduardo Montealegre Lynett, Sentencia T-1132/01 (Colom.).
Health Topics: Health care and health services, Health systems and financing, Medicines, Poverty
Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination, Right to health, Right to life, Right to social security
Originally, three individuals living with HIV brought action against Hospital Simón Bolívar and the District’s Secretary of Health for the Hospital’s refusal to provide them with the necessary medications and treatment for their condition upon petitioners’ inability to afford payment of the medications and services. The petitioners claimed violations of their rights to health, life …Read more
Doe v. County of Centre
Country: United StatesYear: 2001
Court: 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal
Citation: 242 F.3d 437 (2001)
Health Topics: Child and adolescent health, Disabilities, HIV/AIDS, Infectious diseases
Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination, Right to life
Appellants, the Does, an interracial couple with an HIV-positive foster son (Adam), approached the Respondents, Centre County (the County), seeking to adopt another child through the County’s foster care program. The County had a statutory duty to investigate foster parent applications in order to preserve the physical and emotional health of foster children. The Does …Read more
Doe v. Delie
Country: United StatesYear: 2001
Court: 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal
Citation: 257 F.3d 309 (2001)
Health Topics: Health information, HIV/AIDS, Infectious diseases, Prisons
Human Rights: Right to due process/fair trial, Right to privacy
The Appellant, Doe, an HIV-positive former inmate of the State Correctional Institution at Pittsburgh (SCIP), brought this claim against SCIP officials, alleging that prison practices violated his constitutional right to privacy under the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution. SCIP medical staff informed Doe that his HIV status would be kept confidential. However, because of practices …Read more
Hospital Británico de Buenos Aires v. Estado Nacional (Ministerio de Salud y Acción Social)
Country: ArgentinaYear: 2001
Court: Supreme Court of Justice [Corte Suprema de Justicia de la Nación Argentina]
Citation: H. 90. XXXIV
Health Topics: Controlled substances, Health care and health services, Health systems and financing, HIV/AIDS
Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination, Right to bodily integrity, Right to health, Right to liberty and security of person, Right to life, Right to property
Hospital Británico de Buenos Aires, a private health service provider, filled a guarantee of protection of individual constitutional rights (amparo protection) against the Federal State requiring the judiciary to declare that the National Act 24.754 was contrary to articles 14, 17, 28 and 33 of the National Constitution. The law obliged private health service providers …Read more
López, Glenda, et al. v. Instituto Venezolano de los Seguros Sociales (IVSS)
Country: VenezuelaYear: 2001
Court: Supreme Court
Citation: Expediente No. 00-1343, Sentencia No. 487
Health Topics: Health care and health services, Health systems and financing, HIV/AIDS, Infectious diseases, Medicines
Human Rights: Right to development, Right to health, Right to life, Right to social security
The Petitioners were a group of people living with HIV covered by the Venezuelan Institute of Social Security (IVSS). They filed an amparo action against the IVSS requesting that it ensure a regular and consistent supply of HIV triple-therapy drugs and other medicines necessary for treatment of opportunistic infections, and that IVSS cover the expense …Read more