Kozhokar v. Russia
Country: RussiaYear: 2010
Court: The European Court of Human Rights
Citation: Application no. 33099/08, ECHR 2010
Health Topics: Chronic and noncommunicable diseases, Diet and nutrition, Health care and health services, HIV/AIDS, Hospitals, Infectious diseases, Medicines, Prisons
Human Rights: Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, Right to bodily integrity
This case is about the conditions of the applicant’s detention and the sufficiency of his medical care while he was detained in remand centre no. IZ-71/1 and correctional colony no. 7 in the Tula region of the Russian Federation. On 18 October 2006, the applicant, a Russian national, was arrested for drug trafficking. He was …Read more
Laxmi Mandal v. Deen Dayal Harinagar Hospital & Ors
Country: IndiaYear: 2010
Court: High Court - Delhi
Citation: [2010] INDLHC 2983
Health Topics: Child and adolescent health, Diet and nutrition, Health care and health services, Health systems and financing, Hospitals, Poverty, Sexual and reproductive health
Human Rights: Right to food, Right to health, Right to life
This case deals with two petitions, Laxmi Mandal v. Deen Dayal Hari Nagar Hospital and Jaitun v. Maternity Home, MCD, Jungpura. Shanti Devi, Laxmi Mandal’s (the Petitioner) sister, died shortly after giving birth to a premature baby. This was her sixth pregnancy. The previous pregnancy ended in miscarriage. Shanti Devi was not provided with any …Read more
Re Assisted Human Reproduction Act
Country: CanadaYear: 2010
Court: The Supreme Court of Canada
Citation: 2010 SCC 61
Health Topics: Health care and health services, Health systems and financing, Hospitals, Sexual and reproductive health
Human Rights: Right to bodily integrity, Right to family life, Right to health
The Attorney General (AG) of Quebec challenged the constitutionality of sections 8 to 19, 40 to 53, 60, 61 and 68 of Canada’s Assisted Human Reproduction Act (the “Act”) on federalism grounds. Some of these provisions create or relate to prohibitions on human cloning and various aspects of the commercialization of reproductive materials and functions. …Read more
A. Arul v. State of Tamil Nadu
Country: IndiaYear: 2009
Court: High Court - Madras
Citation: Writ Petition No.496 OF 2005
Health Topics: Health care and health services, Health systems and financing, Hospitals
Human Rights: Right to health, Right to life
A. Arul, the Petitioner, was a government employee who incurred medical expenses as a result of surgery for his wife. The Petitioner had previously contributed to the Government Employees Health Fund, which was set up to extend grants to remedies not available in the government hospital. The State of Tamil Nadu and others Respondents, failed …Read more
All India Lawyers Union v. Government of NCT of Delhi and Others
Country: IndiaYear: 2009
Court: High Court - Delhi
Citation: WP(C) No.5410/199
Health Topics: Health care and health services, Health systems and financing, Hospitals, Poverty
Human Rights: Right to health, Right to life
In 1986, the Delhi Capital Government (“GNCTD”) decided to convert the vacant Players’ Building into a multi-specialty hospital on a ‘no profit, no loss’ basis and invited offers from private institutions. GNTCD issued a notice stating that the vacant building along with the land was to be made available free of cost provided that the …Read more
Case 0012-09-SIS-CC, Case 0007-09-IS
Country: EcuadorYear: 2009
Court: Constitutional Court [Corte Constitutcional]
Citation: Corte Constitucional Judgment N. 0012-09-SIS-CC, Case No. 0007-09-IS, October 8, 2009.
Health Topics: Aging, Chronic and noncommunicable diseases, Health care and health services, Health systems and financing, Hospitals
Human Rights: Right to health, Right to social security
This case addressed an individual’s right to health care and reimbursement for health services from the National Social Security Institute (Instituto Ecuatoriano de Seguridad Social, IESS) as a type of retirement benefit. The action was specifically filed against Econ. Fernando Guijarro Cabezas, General Director of IESS. This case was filed against Ecuador’s Social Security Institute …Read more
Case 1-27/2009
Country: UkraineYear: 2009
Court: Turiyskiy District Court
Citation: Case No. 1-27/2009
Health Topics: Child and adolescent health, Health care and health services, Health systems and financing, Hospitals, Medical malpractice
Human Rights: Right to health
On 27 August 2003, the defendant doctor, who had worked as an infectious disease physician at the Department of Infectious Diseases at the Kovel central regional hospital, examined her patient who was showing signs of respiratory and cardiac failure. The defendant doctor left her patient in this critical health condition without taking the appropriate medical measures …Read more
Case 2-88-09
Country: RussiaYear: 2009
Court: Moscow District Court
Health Topics: Health care and health services, Health systems and financing, Hospitals, Medical malpractice
Human Rights: Right to health
The applicant R.A. injured his right ankle joint when ice skating on January 4th, 2008. He went to an emergency room at the defendant’s Medical Healthcare Institution ”G” (“MHI ‘G’”) in order to receive care. However, a doctor there only examined his ankle with her hands, and diagnosed a ligament sprain in the right joint, …Read more
Case 2009-170
Country: BelgiumYear: 2009
Court: Constitutional Court [Court Constiutionelle]
Citation: No. 4607. C. C., n°2009-170, 29 October 2009
Health Topics: Health care and health services, Health systems and financing, Hospitals
Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination
The applicants were two, non-authorized physicians registered with the Saint-Vincent-Sainte-Elisabeth Hospital Center. Non-authorized physicians, unlike authorized physicians, work in private settings and do not fall within the public national healthcare system. The applicants challenged the constitutionality of Article 46 of a 2006 law passed on health provisions, in that it treated authorized and non-authorized doctors …Read more
Case 2009-584 DC
Country: FranceYear: 2009
Court: Conseil constitutionnel [Constitutional Council]
Citation: C. C., n°2009-584 DC, 16 July 2009
Health Topics: Health care and health services, Health information, Health systems and financing, Hospitals, Medicines, Mental health
Human Rights: Right to health
This case concerned a constitutional challenge to Articles 1, 10, 23, 84, 91 and 133 of law no. 2009-879 of July 21 2009, Loi portant réforme de l’hôpital et relative aux patients, à la santé et aux territoires (Law reforming hospitals and relating to patients, health and the territories) (the Law) in the Conseil Constitutionnel. …Read more