National Institute of Social Security (INSS) v. Santos
Country: BrazilYear: 2006
Court: Supremo Tribunal Federal [Federal Supreme Court]
Citation: National Institute of Social Security (INSS) v. Santos Al-AgR 47097/ SP, Supremo Tribunal Federal [Federal Supreme Court] (2006).
Health Topics: Health care and health services, Poverty
Human Rights: Right to health
The National Institute of Social Security filed an interlocutory appeal with basis in the Code of Civil Procedure and the bylaws of the Federal Supreme Court against the decision upheld by this same court in September 2005 which stated that the matter in discussion did not directly offend the Constitution and required the re-examination of …Read more
Pramod Bhagwan Nayak v. State of Gujarat
Country: IndiaYear: 2006
Court: High Court - Gujarat
Citation: (2007) 1 GLR 796
Health Topics: Child and adolescent health, Health care and health services, HIV/AIDS, Infectious diseases, Poverty, Prisons, Public safety, Sexual and reproductive health, Violence
Human Rights: Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, Right to family life, Right to health, Right to liberty and security of person, Right to life, Right to privacy
The petitioner was challenging an order of detention for allegedly engaging in trafficking of women and girls. The grounds of the order were that petitioner was an “immoral traffic offender” which is “a person who habitually commits or abets the commission of any offence under the Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls Act, …Read more
Reynoso, Nilda Noemí v. I.N.S.S.J.P.
Country: ArgentinaYear: 2006
Court: Supreme Court of Justice [Corte Suprema de la Nación Argentina]
Citation: R. 638. XL
Health Topics: Aging, Chronic and noncommunicable diseases, Health care and health services, Health systems and financing, Medicines, Mental health, Poverty
Human Rights: Right to bodily integrity, Right to health, Right to life
The Petitioner, an elderly woman with diabetes, filed an action of amparo against the I.N.S.S.J.P, a public entity devoted to the provision of public health insurance to retired people. She requested the judiciary to order the Respondent to provide her 100U of human insulin, reactive tape and disposable syringes, as well as the medicine “Ampliactil” …Read more
Sesana v. Attorney General
Country: BotswanaYear: 2006
Court: High Court - Lobatse
Citation: Misca. No. 52 of 2002
Health Topics: Child and adolescent health, Diet and nutrition, Health care and health services, Infectious diseases, Informed consent, Water, sanitation and hygiene
Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination, Freedom of movement and residence, Right to due process/fair trial, Right to liberty and security of person, Right to life, Right to participation, Right to property
In March 2002, the Botswana Government terminated certain basic services to the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR), including access to: Drinking water; Maintenance of borehole water; Rations to registered destitute; Rations to registered orphans; Transport for the applicants’ children to and from school; and Healthcare to the applicants through mobile clinics and ambulance services. The …Read more
Dbeis and Ors. v. Secretary of State for the Home Department
Country: United KingdomYear: 2005
Court: Court of Appeal, Civil Division
Citation: [2005] All ER (D) 283 (May); [2005] EWCA Civ 584
Health Topics: Chronic and noncommunicable diseases, Health care and health services
Human Rights: Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, Right to education, Right to family life
The case was brought by a Lebanese citizen who had come to the UK in order to seek asylum for herself and her two children on the basis of persecution for her religious beliefs. Her claim for asylum on this ground was rejected, but she challenged her removal on the basis that removal would result …Read more
Moiwana Community v. Suriname
Country: SurinameYear: 2005
Court: Inter-American Court of Human Rights
Citation: Moiwana Community v. Surin., Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations and Costs, Judgment, Inter-Am. Ct. H.R. (ser. C) No. 124 (June 15, 2005).
Health Topics: Disasters and emergencies, Poverty, Violence
Human Rights: Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, Freedom of movement and residence, Right to due process/fair trial, Right to property
The village of Moiwana, consisting of N’djuka people of African descent, was attacked in November 1986 by members of the armed forces of Suriname, who allegedly massacred 40 men, women and children, and “razed the village to the ground.” Members of Moiwana practiced hunting, farming, and fishing as their means of subsistence. Following the massacre, …Read more
Moiwana Community v. Suriname
Country: SurinameYear: 2005
Court: Inter-American Court of Human Rights
Citation: Moiwana Community v. Surin., Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations and Costs, Judgment, Inter-Am. Ct. H.R. (ser. C) No. 124 (June 15, 2005).
Health Topics: Disasters and emergencies, Mental health, Poverty, Violence
Human Rights: Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, Freedom of movement and residence, Right to bodily integrity, Right to due process/fair trial, Right to property
The village of Moiwana, consisting of N’djuka people of African descent, was attacked in November 1986 by members of the armed forces of Suriname, who allegedly massacred 40 men, women and children, and “razed the village to the ground.” Members of Moiwana practiced hunting, farming, and fishing as their means of subsistence. Following the massacre, …Read more
Moldovan and Others v. Romania
Country: RomaniaYear: 2005
Court: European Court of Human Rights
Citation: Application No. 41138/98 and 64320/01; (2007) 44 EHRR 16
Health Topics: Poverty, Violence
Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination, Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, Right to due process/fair trial, Right to family life
The applicants were 25 Romanian nationals of Roma origin that faced attacks against their property and persons during a riot and the following few days. By the time of the present case, 18 of the applicants had participated in a friendly settlement and only seven remained as parties to this judgment. In September 1993, a …Read more
Orlando, Susana Beatriz v. Provincia de Buenos Aires et al.
Country: ArgentinaYear: 2005
Court: Supreme Court of Justice [Corte Suprema de Justicia de la Nación Argentina]
Citation: O. 59. XXXVIII
Health Topics: Chronic and noncommunicable diseases, Disabilities, Health care and health services, Medicines, Poverty
Human Rights: Right to health
Susana Orlando, a 55-year-old-woman suffering from multiple sclerosis, brought a claim of amparo against the Federal State and the Province of Buenos Aires for acts and omissions preventing her to obtain the medicine she needed to fight her disease and that she could not afford. In particular, she complained about the fact that her illness …Read more
Regina v. Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Adam; Regina v. Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Limbuela; Regina v. Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Tesema
Country: United KingdomYear: 2005
Court: House of Lords
Citation: [2005] UKHL 66
Health Topics: Diet and nutrition, Poverty
Human Rights: Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, Right to housing, Right to social security
Section 95 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (‘the Act’) authorized the Home Secretary to provide or arrange for the provision of support for asylum-seekers and their dependents who appeared to be destitute, as defined, or likely to become so within a prescribed period. L, A and T, from Angola, Ethiopia and the Sudan …Read more