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9 judgments found.
Country:
Costa Rica Year: 2008
Court: Supreme Court of Costa Rica (Constitutional Chamber)
Citation: Corte Suprema [Supreme Court], Sala Constitucional, 23 septiembre 2008, Sentencia 14593, Expediente: 08-012440-0007-CO (2008)(Costa Rica).
Health Topics:
Controlled substances,
Environmental health,
Occupational health,
Tobacco Human Rights: Right to health
Facts: Circular No. 03-2006 of the Municipality of Oreamuno designated an area within the public building to serve as a smoking room in accordance with Law N°7501 (1995), which provided for such spaces. The designated area was the aisle leading to the kitchen. Petitioner sought relief from the alleged violation of her right to health as …Read more
Tags: Passive smoking,
Second-hand smoke,
Smoking,
Tobacco control,
Tobacco regulation
Country:
Costa Rica Year: 2006
Court: Supreme Court of Costa Rica (Constitutional Chamber)
Citation: Corte Suprema [Supreme Court], Sala Constitucional, 6 octubre 2006, Sentencia 14766, Expediente: 06-011928-0007-CO (2006)(Costa Rica).
Health Topics:
Controlled substances,
Tobacco Human Rights: Right to health,
Right to life
Facts: Petitioner filed a Writ of Amparo to challenge the administrative procedure that instituted a partial ban on cigar and cigarette advertisements pursuant Article 9 of Costa Rica’s Tobacco Regulation Act. Petitioner claimed such a partial ban was constitutionally unacceptable, as only a total ban on advertisement could fulfill the obligation of the State to safeguard …Read more
Tags: Smoking,
Tobacco control,
Tobacco regulation
Country:
Costa Rica Year: 2006
Court: Supreme Court of Costa Rica (Constitutional Chamber)
Citation: Corte Suprema [Supreme Court], Sala Constitucional, 12 diciembre 2006, Sentencia 17867, Expediente: 06-011793-0007-CO (2006)(Costa Rica).
Health Topics:
Controlled substances,
Environmental health,
Health care and health services,
Tobacco Human Rights: Right to health
Facts: Petitioner was an inmate in a State prison who filed a Writ of Amparo challenging the administrative regulation that exempted inmates from the prohibition to smoke inside cells and other closed, indoor environments within prisons. In his submission, plaintiff contended the regulation (of infra-legal hierarchy status) was unconstitutional as it forcibly exposed him to tobacco …Read more
Tags: Passive smoking,
Second-hand smoke,
Smoking,
Tobacco control,
Tobacco regulation
Country:
Costa Rica Year: 2006
Court: Supreme Court of Costa Rica
Citation: Corte Suprema [Supreme Court], Sala Constitucional, 12 de diciembre del 2006, Res. No 2006017867, Expediente: 06-011793-0007-CO (2006)(Costa Rica).
Health Topics:
Chronic and noncommunicable diseases,
Controlled substances,
Tobacco Human Rights: Right to a clean environment,
Right to health,
Right to life
Facts: The plaintiff, a Costa Rican national, presented an appeal of protection against the Ministry of Justice claiming his right to health had been violated. The plaintiff was deprived from liberty in a local prison which he claimed was overpopulated and in close contact with persons with chronic diseases. The Ministry of Justice argued that it …Read more
Tags: Non-communicable diseases,
Passive smoking,
Second-hand smoke,
Smoking,
Tobacco control,
Tobacco regulation
Country:
Costa Rica Year: 2004
Court: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Citation: Report No. 25/04, Petition 12.361, March 11, 2004; OEA/Ser.L/V/II.122 Doc. 5 rev. 1 at 237, 23 February 2005
Health Topics:
Health systems and financing,
Sexual and reproductive health Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination,
Right to bodily integrity,
Right to due process/fair trial,
Right to family life,
Right to health,
Right to privacy
Facts: A Presidential Decree authorizing and regulating the practice of in vitro fertilization was issued in 1995. The Decree permitted solely married couples to utilize the practice; it prohibited the insemination of more than six ovules per couple; and it required that all embryos be deposited in the maternal uterus, prohibiting the freezing, preservation or discarding …Read more
Tags: Family planning,
Health regulation,
In vitro fertilization,
Infertility
Country:
Costa Rica Year: 2004
Court: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Citation: Sanchez Villalobos v. Costa Rica, Case 12.361, Inter-Am. Comm’n H.R., Report No. 25/04, OEA/Ser.L/V/II.122, doc. 5 rev. 1 (2004).
Health Topics:
Sexual and reproductive health Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination,
Right to family life,
Right to health,
Right to life,
Right to privacy
Facts: Petitioner, a man seeking treatment for infertility, alleges on behalf of others seeking treatment that the Government of Costa Rica’s prohibition on access to in vitro fertilization, one of the treatments available, constitutes violations of Articles 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 11(2), 17, 24, 25, 26 and 32 of the American Convention on Human Rights, …Read more
Tags: Access to treatment,
Assisted reproductive technology,
Family planning,
Fertility,
Health care technology,
In utero fertilization,
In vitro fertilization,
Infertility,
Pregnancy
Country:
Costa Rica Year: 2003
Court: Supreme Court of Costa Rica (Constitutional Chamber)
Citation: Corte Suprema [Supreme Court], Sala Constitucional, 19 agosto 2003, Sentencia 08587, Expediente: 03-007202-0007-CO (2003)(Costa Rica).
Health Topics:
Controlled substances,
Environmental health,
Health care and health services,
Tobacco Human Rights: Right to a clean environment,
Right to health,
Right to life
Facts: Petitioners challenged the constitutionality of Article 9 of Costa Rica’s tobacco regulation act, which provided for a partial ban on cigar and cigarette advertisement. In their submission, petitioners claimed the constitutional standard to safeguard the right to health, to life and to a clean environment could not be appropriately fulfilled by such a partial ban, …Read more
Tags: Contamination,
Smoking,
Tobacco control,
Tobacco regulation
Country:
Costa Rica Year: 1992
Court: Corte Suprema de Justicia de Costa Rica [Costa Rica Supreme Court]
Citation: Corte Suprema [Supreme Court], Sala Constitucional, 07 de Febrero 1992, Sentencia 00280, Expediente: 90-001401-0007-CO (1992) (Costa Rica).
Health Topics:
Disasters and emergencies,
Health care and health services,
Infectious diseases,
Medicines Human Rights: Right to health
Facts: Petitioner brought an action against the Social Security Service of Costa Rica, asserting that the institution arbitrarily stopped providing patients with pharmaceuticals for the treatment of HIV/AIDS, in violation of petitioner’s constitutional right to health. The petitioner sought the recognition of an obligation on the part of the Social Security Service of Costa Rica to …Read more
Tags: Access to medicines,
AIDS,
Health expenditures,
Health funding,
Health spending,
HIV,
People living with HIV/AIDS
