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599 judgments found.
Country:
Bangladesh Year: 2007
Court: Supreme Court - High Court Division
Citation: 59 DLR (AD) (2007)
Health Topics:
Chronic and noncommunicable diseases,
Environmental health,
Health systems and financing,
Water, sanitation and hygiene Human Rights: Right to a clean environment,
Right to health,
Right to life Facts: The Appellant, a former Member of Parliament, filed a writ petition in the High Court of Bangladesh against the Government and other public authorities for their failure to comply with the Environment Conservation Act 1995 and the Environment Conservation Rules 1997. The petition alleged that there was widespread arsenic contamination in tube wells across the …Read more
Tags: Clean water,
Contamination,
Health regulation,
Industrial waste,
Noncommunicable diseases,
Poisoning,
Pollution,
Potable water,
Safe drinking water,
Water pollution
Country:
Russia Year: 2007
Court: European Court of Human Rights
Citation: Application No. 59696/00; (2006) ECHR 898
Health Topics:
Chronic and noncommunicable diseases,
Controlled substances,
Health care and health services,
HIV/AIDS,
Infectious diseases,
Mental health,
Prisons Human Rights: Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment,
Right to due process/fair trial,
Right to health,
Right to liberty and security of person Facts: Mr. Khudobin, a Russian national, filed an application against the Russian Government for allegedly violating several articles of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”). The applicant was arrested after he was caught supplying heroin to an undercover police agent. He was placed in custody during pre-trial investigations and …Read more
Tags: Access to health care,
Access to treatment,
Cruel treatment,
Custody,
Degrading treatment,
Detainee,
Detention,
Drug enforcement,
Examination,
Hepatitis,
Heroin,
HIV,
HIV positive,
HIV status,
Inhuman treatment,
Insanity,
Lung disease,
Measles,
Mental disorder,
Mental illness,
Morphine,
Neurological diseases,
Noncommunicable diseases,
People living with HIV/AIDS,
PLHIV,
Pneumonia,
Prison conditions,
Psychiatry,
Pulmonary diseases,
Respiratory diseases
Country:
Argentina Year: 2007
Court: Supreme Court of Justice [Corte Suprema de Justicia de la Nación Argentina]
Citation: Corte Suprema de Justicia de la Nación [CSJN] [National Supreme Court of Justice], 18/9/2007, "Defensor del Pueblo de la Nación c/ Estado Nacional y otra (Provincia del Chaco) s/proceso de conocimiento," (D. 587. XLIII) (Arg.).
Health Topics:
Chronic and noncommunicable diseases,
Diet and nutrition,
Health care and health services,
Infectious diseases,
Poverty,
Water, sanitation and hygiene Human Rights: Right to bodily integrity,
Right to education,
Right to food,
Right to health,
Right to life,
Right to participation,
Right to water and sanitation,
Right to work Facts: Argentina’s Human Rights Ombudsman brought a claim against the National Government and the Province of Chaco to force Respondents to take the necessary measures to improve the deleterious living conditions of an indigenous community in Chaco that amounted to circumstances of extreme emergency. The Ombudsman claimed that the community lacked fundamental and basic necessities as …Read more
Tags: Access to health care,
Access to treatment,
Budget,
Chagas,
Clean water,
Drinking water,
Food shortages,
Indigenous groups,
Indigent,
Low income,
Malnutrition,
Non-communicable diseases,
Poor,
Potable water,
Safe drinking water,
Starvation,
Tuberculosis,
Underprivileged
Country:
Macedonia Year: 2007
Court: Constitutional Court
Citation: 45/2006-0-0
Health Topics:
Health care and health services,
Health systems and financing,
Hospitals Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination,
Right to health,
Right to social security Facts: 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
Tags: Access to health care,
Access to treatment,
Budget,
Health facilities,
Health funding,
Health insurance,
Health spending,
Out-of-pocket expenditures,
Primary care,
Reimbursement,
Secondary care,
Tertiary care
Country:
Bolivia Year: 2007
Court: Constitutional Tribunal
Citation: Tribunal Constitucional [Constitutional Court], Constitutional Judgment 0874/2007-R, December 12, 2007 (Bol.).
Health Topics:
Sexual and reproductive health Human Rights: Right to health,
Right to liberty and security of person,
Right to life,
Right to social security,
Right to work Facts: The plaintiff worked as the Senior Administrative Officer of the Municipal Office of Ocuri. When she became pregnant, she informed the Mayor in order to receive a prenatal allowance. The mother received the subsidy for only one of the two months to which she was entitled and she did not received any salary during that …Read more
Tags: Employment,
Maternal health,
Pregnancy,
Social security,
Subsidies
Country:
Brazil Year: 2007
Court: Supremo Tribunal Federal [Federal Supreme Court]
Citation: Municipality of Caxias do Sul v. Martha Rath Bohrer, AI 559055/RS, Supremo Tribunal Federal [Federal Supreme Court] (2007).
Health Topics:
Health care and health services,
Medicines,
Poverty Human Rights: Right to health,
Right to life Facts: The Municipality of Caxias do Sul brought an interlocutory appeal against the Court of Justice of Rio Grande do Sul’s decision, refusing to admit an extraordinary appeal. The Court of Justice found that the federal, state and municipal governments possessed joint liability, stemming from their duty to provide free pharmaceuticals for the treatment of serious …Read more
Tags: Access to drugs,
Access to health care,
Access to medicines,
Access to treatment
Country:
Brazil Year: 2007
Court: Supremo Tribunal Federal [Federal Supreme Court]
Citation: Public Prosecutor's Office of the State of Rio Grande do Sul v. State of Rio Grande do Sul, RE 570308/RS, Supremo Tribunal Federal [Federal Supreme Court] (2007).
Health Topics:
Health care and health services Human Rights: Right to health,
Right to life Facts: 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
Tags: Access to health care
Country:
Brazil Year: 2007
Court: Supremo Tribunal Federal [Federal Supreme Court]
Citation: Public Prosecutor's Office of the State of Santa Catarina v. State of Santa Catarina, RE 509569/SC, Supremo Tribunal Federal [Federal Supreme Court] (2007).
Health Topics:
Health care and health services,
Medicines,
Poverty Human Rights: Right to health,
Right to life Facts: 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
Tags: Access to health care,
Access to medicines,
Access to treatment,
Hepatitis
Country:
Brazil Year: 2007
Court: Supremo Tribunal Federal [Federal Supreme Court]
Citation: State of Espírito Santo v. Eduardo Antônio Vieira Tápias, RE 523726/ES, Supremo Tribunal Federal [Federal Supreme Court] (2007).
Health Topics:
Chronic and noncommunicable diseases,
Health care and health services,
Medicines,
Poverty,
Sexual and reproductive health Human Rights: Right to health,
Right to life Facts: 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
Tags: Access to drugs,
Access to health care,
Access to medicines,
Access to treatment
Country:
Brazil Year: 2007
Court: Supremo Tribunal Federal [Federal Supreme Court]
Citation: State of Pernambuco v. Geni Lira de Sales, AI 676044/PE, Supremo Tribunal Federal [Federal Supreme Court] (2007).
Health Topics:
Chronic and noncommunicable diseases,
Health care and health services,
Medicines,
Poverty Human Rights: Right to health,
Right to life Facts: The State of Pernambuco filed an interlocutory appeal against the Court of Justice of Pernambuco’s decision, refusing to admit an extraordinary appeal. The Court of Justice of Pernambuco found that the State was responsible for providing medication and health services to a needy individual suffering from chronic disease. The State argued that the constitutional obligation …Read more
Tags: Access to drugs,
Access to medicines,
Access to treatment,
Low income,
Poor,
Underprivileged
Country:
Brazil Year: 2007
Court: Federal Supreme Court
Citation: RE 568073/RN, Supremo Tribunal Federal [Federal Supreme Court] (2007).
Health Topics:
Health care and health services,
Medicines,
Poverty Human Rights: Right to health,
Right to life Facts: The Court of Justice found that the State of Rio Grande do Norte had the obligation of providing high-cost medication, free of charge, to an indigent individual suffering from melanoma. The Court of Rio Grande do Norte had previously dismissed an interlocutory appeal brought by the state. The State of Rio Grande do Norte filed an extraordinary …Read more
Tags: Access to drugs,
Access to medicines,
Access to treatment,
Essential medicines,
Indigent,
Low income,
Poor,
Underprivileged
Country:
Brazil Year: 2007
Court: Supremo Tribunal Federal [Federal Supreme Court]
Citation: State of Rio Grande do Sul v. Public Prosecutor's Office of Rio Grande do Sul, AI 658993/RS, Supremo Tribunal Federal [Federal Supreme Court] (2007).
Health Topics:
Child and adolescent health,
Health care and health services Human Rights: Right to health,
Right to life Facts: 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
Tags: Access to health care
Country:
Brazil Year: 2007
Court: Federal Supreme Court
Citation: Recurso Extraordinario, RE 399664/SP, Supremo Tribunal Federal [Federal Supreme Court] (2007).
Health Topics:
Health care and health services,
Health systems and financing,
Infectious diseases,
Medicines,
Poverty Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination,
Right to health,
Right to life Facts: A Chief of Police contracted Hepatitis C while intervening in the attempted suicide of a prisoner. The the Court of Justice of São Paulo held that the state and its health system were responsible for providing him, an individual in financial need, with medications to treat his Hepatitis C. The State of São Paulo filed an extraordinary …Read more
Tags: Access to health care,
Access to medicines,
Access to treatment,
Budget,
Health expenditures,
Health funding,
Health regulation,
Health spending,
Low income,
Poor
Country:
Mexico Year: 2007
Court: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Citation: Ramírez Jacinto v. Mex., Case 161/02, Inter-Am. Comm’n H.R., Report No. 21/07, OEA/Ser.L/V/II.130, doc. 22, rev. 1 (2007).
Health Topics:
Child and adolescent health,
Health care and health services,
Sexual and reproductive health,
Violence Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination,
Freedom of religion,
Right to bodily integrity,
Right to due process/fair trial,
Right to health,
Right to liberty and security of person,
Right to privacy Facts: 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
Tags: Abortion,
Access to health care,
Access to treatment,
Child development,
Childbirth,
Maternal health,
Pregnancy,
Rape,
Sexual abuse,
Sexual assault,
Sexual harassment,
Sexual violence,
Termination of pregnancy,
Violence against women
Country:
Nepal Year: 2007
Court: Supreme Court
Citation: Writ No. 3561 of the year 2063 B. S (2006)
Health Topics:
Child and adolescent health,
HIV/AIDS,
Sexual and reproductive health,
Violence Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination,
Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment,
Right of access to information,
Right to due process/fair trial,
Right to education,
Right to health,
Right to life,
Right to privacy,
Right to property,
Right to work Facts: The Forum for Women, Law and Development, the Petitioner, was an organization working with vulnerable communities such as women, children and people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIVA). Although the right to privacy was guaranteed under Article 28 of the Interim Constitution, 2007, there were no legal provisions safeguarding the privacy of women, children, or PLHIVA (the …Read more
Tags: Abortion,
AIDS,
Children,
Domestic abuse,
Domestic violence,
HIV positive,
HIV status,
Minor,
Pediatric health,
People living with HIV/AIDS,
PLHIV,
Pregnancy,
Sexual assault,
Sexual harassment,
Sexual violence,
Termination of pregnancy,
Violence against women
Country:
Italy Year: 2007
Court: Supreme Court of Cassation
Citation: Case No. 21748/2007 of 16 October 2007
Health Topics:
Diet and nutrition,
Disabilities,
Informed consent,
Mental health Human Rights: Right to bodily integrity,
Right to health,
Right to life,
Right to privacy Facts: E.E., an adult, was in a car accident in 1992. As a result of this accident, she entered into an irreversible vegetative coma. E.E. was not clinically dead, defined as the “irreversible cessation of all encephalon functions,” but was clinically in a permanent vegetative state (PVS). She was kept alive through force-feeding by means of …Read more
Tags: Compulsory treatment,
Disabled,
Duty of care,
Food,
Health care professionals,
Health care workers,
Incapacity,
Incompetence,
Informed choice,
Involuntary treatment,
Mandatory treatment,
Non-consensual testing and treatment,
Patient choice,
Starvation,
Unauthorized treatment
Country:
Uruguay Year: 2007
Court: Tribunal Apelaciones Trabajo 3ºT [Labor Appeals Court, 3rd District]
Citation: DA SILVA, Alexandra v. BANK STATE INSURANCE. Writ of Amparo (F.2-13142/2007)
Health Topics:
Health care and health services,
Health systems and financing,
Mental health,
Occupational health Human Rights: Right to health Facts: Appellant alleged she suffered a work-related injury resulting from her exposure to the toxic chemical Cyclohexanone causing dysphonia which left her virtually unable to speak for nine months and unable to work. Banco de Seguros del Estado (state insurance company) reviewed her case and found that she was not suffering from an occupational health disease …Read more
Tags: Access to treatment,
Diagnostics,
Employment,
Health insurance,
Mental disorder,
Occupational disease,
Occupational hazards,
Occupational health and safety,
Workers' compensation
Country:
Netherlands Year: 2007
Court: District Court of Gravenhage
Citation: LJN:AY5099
Health Topics:
Health care and health services,
Health systems and financing,
Hospitals,
Mental health Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination,
Right to health Tags: Access to health care,
Access to treatment,
Clinics,
Emergency care,
Health expenditures,
Health funding,
Health insurance,
Health spending,
Immigration,
Mental illness,
Mental institution,
Migrants,
Psychiatry,
Psychology,
Reimbursement,
Social security
Country:
Bulgaria Year: 2007
Court: Sofia Court of Appeal
Citation: Decision No. 209 on Case No. 161/2007
Health Topics:
Chronic and noncommunicable diseases,
Diet and nutrition,
Health care and health services,
Health systems and financing,
Medicines,
Mental health,
Sexual and reproductive health Human Rights: Right to health Facts: This case has been affirmed on appeal to the Supreme Court of Cassation. The Plaintiff was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1998. As part of her treatment, she was prescribed hormone medication and received a mastectomy. At one point, she was prescribed Zoladex, which which causes temporary cessation of ovarian function. . Although prescribed this medication, …Read more
Tags: Access to drugs,
Access to medicines,
Access to treatment,
Budget,
Cancer,
Health expenditures,
Health funding,
Health regulation,
Health spending,
Hormone therapy,
Hunger strike,
Out-of-pocket expenditures,
Second-line treatment,
Suicide,
Tertiary care
Country:
Poland Year: 2007
Court: European Court of Human Rights
Citation: App. No. 5410/03, 45 Eur. H.R. Rep. 42 (2007).
Health Topics:
Disabilities,
Health care and health services,
Health information,
Medical malpractice,
Sexual and reproductive health Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination,
Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment,
Right of access to information,
Right to bodily integrity,
Right to due process/fair trial,
Right to family life,
Right to health,
Right to life,
Right to privacy Facts: Applicant alleged a violation of Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life) of the Convention when she had been refused a therapeutic abortion considered legal under the Family Planning Act of Poland–when the pregnancy is thought to endanger the mother’s life, as was the case here. Applicant suffered from severe myopia and …Read more
Tags: Abortion,
Access to health care,
Access to treatment,
Awareness,
Childbirth,
Criminalization,
Damages,
Degrading treatment,
Disabled,
Emergency care,
Handicapped,
Health care professionals,
Health care workers,
Humiliating treatment,
Inappropriate treatment,
Maternal health,
Negligence,
Physically challenged,
Pregnancy,
Remedies,
Termination of pregnancy,
Therapeutic abortion,
Tort
Country:
United Kingdom Year: 2007
Court: European Court of Justice
Citation: Case C-127/05, Comm'n v. U.K., 2007 E.C.R. I-4619.
Health Topics:
Health systems and financing,
Occupational health Human Rights: Right to health Facts: The Commission of the European Communities (Commission) brought an action against the United Kingdom for a declaration that provisions of section 2(1) of the UK Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (Act), read in conjunction with sections 33 and 47 of that Act, permitted the United Kingdom to negate its obligations under Article …Read more
Tags: Health regulation,
Job safety,
Occupational accident,
Occupational disease,
Occupational hazards,
Occupational health and safety,
Safe working conditions
Country:
Romania Year: 2007
Court: National Council for Combating Discrimination
Citation: Decision No. 149 of 17 October 2007
Health Topics:
Health care and health services,
Hospitals,
Sexual and reproductive health Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination,
Right to health Facts: On August 28, 2009, Mrs. Y, a pregnant woman of Roma ethnic origin, went to Targu Neamt Hospital Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department, a public hospital, for a check-up. Dr. X performed the check-up and sent her home, telling her there was nothing wrong with her and making certain derogatory statements about gypsies. When Mrs. Y …Read more
Tags: Access to health care,
Access to treatment,
Clinics,
Emergency care,
Examination,
Health care professionals,
Health care workers,
Health facilities,
Maternal health,
Miscarriage,
Pregnancy,
Primary care,
Private hospitals,
Public hospitals,
Termination of pregnancy
Country:
Romania Year: 2007
Court: Constitutional Court
Citation: Decision No. 1.182 of 13 December 2007
Health Topics:
Health systems and financing Human Rights: Right to health Facts: Governmental Emergency Ordinance 120/2006 (hereinafter referred to as “The Ordinance”) transferred the health units established by local councils of cities with less than 5000 people to the county councils, unless the local councils wished to retain the health units at their own expense. The Iasi County Council objected before the Iasi Tribunal-Commercial and Administrative Appeal …Read more
Tags: Budget,
Health expenditures,
Health funding,
Health regulation,
Health spending
Country:
Brazil Year: 2007
Court: Court of Justice for the Minority and Collective Interest [Procuradoria da Jutica de Interesses Difusos e Coletivos]
Citation: Civil Appeal No. 152.887.0/1-00
Health Topics:
Child and adolescent health,
Disabilities,
Health care and health services,
Poverty Human Rights: Right to health,
Right to life Facts: A minor diagnosed with progressive muscular dystrophy was denied access to a special Municipal transportation service called the ATENDE program because he was not yet using a wheelchair. The ATENDE program was instituted to meet the needs of handicapped people who could not otherwise access common public transportation. The Health Department of Sao Paulo, on …Read more
Tags: Access to health care,
Access to treatment,
Children,
Differently abled,
Disabled,
Handicapped,
Indigent,
Low income,
Minor,
Pediatric health,
Physically challenged,
Poor
Country:
Moldova Year: 2007
Court: The European Court of Human Rights
Citation: [2007] ECHR 502
Health Topics:
Diet and nutrition,
Prisons Human Rights: Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment,
Right to health Facts: The applicant, Mr. Tudor Ciorap, was incarcerated in a remand centre in Moldova after being arrested on fraud charges. Mr. Ciorap alleged that the conditions of the prison were inhuman as a result of overcrowding (e.g. 1 m2 per person), poor sanitary conditions (e.g. the presence of parasitic insects), and low quantity and quality of …Read more
Tags: Abuse,
Cruel and unusual punishment,
Cruel treatment,
Custody,
Degrading treatment,
Detainee,
Detention,
Food,
Humiliating treatment,
Hunger,
Hunger strike,
Imprisonment,
Incarceration,
Inhuman treatment,
Inmate,
Jail,
Prison conditions,
Starvation,
Torture
Country:
Year: 2007
Court: The European Court of Human Rights
Citation: Application No. 9852/03 and 13413/04
Health Topics:
Chronic and noncommunicable diseases,
Diet and nutrition,
Health care and health services,
Health systems and financing,
Hospitals,
Medicines,
Prisons,
Violence Human Rights: Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment,
Right to due process/fair trial,
Right to health Facts: The applicant, a politician was arrested and detained in a detention centre. He was accused of treason and use of armed forces against the State. The applicant absconded and went into hiding but was caught and arrested. The applicant alleged that he was ill-treated and not allowed to see a doctor during the period of …Read more
Tags: Abuse,
Access to drugs,
Access to health care,
Access to medicines,
Access to treatment,
Assault,
Cruel treatment,
Custody,
Degrading treatment,
Detainee,
Detention,
Diet,
Execution,
Food,
Health facilities,
Health funding,
Imprisonment,
Inhuman treatment,
Inmate,
Jail,
Lung disease,
Noncommunicable diseases,
Prison conditions,
Respiratory disease,
Torture,
Tuberculosis
Country:
India Year: 2006
Court: High Court - Bombay
Citation: 2007 (2) BomCR 883
Health Topics:
Chronic and noncommunicable diseases,
Environmental health,
Health information,
Occupational health Human Rights: Right to favorable working conditions,
Right to health,
Right to life Facts: The Respondent, Monsanto Chemicals of India, was engaged in the formulation of herbicides in India. In accordance with the Insecticide Act, 1968, the Respondent had been granted statutory approval by the Central Insecticides Board. Mangesh G. Salodkar, the Petitioner was employed at Monsanto’s establishment at Lonavala. Soon after taking voluntary retirement, he suffered a brain …Read more
Tags: Health records,
Occupational disease,
Occupational hazards,
Occupational health and safety,
Pesticide,
Respiratory diseases,
Workers' compensation