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74 judgments found.
Country:
Canada Year: 2020
Court: Ontario Superior Court of Justice
Citation: 2020 ONSC 6398
Health Topics:
Chronic and noncommunicable diseases,
Sexual and reproductive health,
Water, sanitation and hygiene Facts: A motion for an interlocutory injunction was brought to prevent the City of Toronto from enforcing its By-law that prohibited camping and erecting tents, structures, and shelters in City parks, City of Toronto Municipal Code, c. 608. The applicants did not challenge the validity of the By-law but sought an order to have it suspended …Read more
Tags: Access to healthcare,
Access to treatment,
Addiction,
Chronic and noncommunicable diseases,
Cleanliness,
Depression,
Diabetes,
Disabled,
Drug abuse,
drug users,
Health care and health services,
Infectious diseases,
Influenza,
Mental health,
Noncommunicable diseases,
Opioids,
People who use drugs,
Poverty,
Public safety,
Pulmonary diseases,
Respiratory diseases,
Safe drinking water,
Sexual and reproductive health,
Sexual harassment,
Substance abuse,
violence,
water sanitation and hygiene
Country:
Canada Year: 2016
Court: Ontario Court of Appeal
Citation: 2016 ONCA 676
Facts: The applicants appealed a decision affirming the constitutionality of Brian’s Law (Mental Health Legislative Reform), 2000, S.O. 2000, c. 9. (“Brian’s Law”), which was enacted by the Ontario legislature in 2000. Brian’s Law amended the Mental Health Act (“MHA”), adding provisions that expanded criteria for involuntary committal in a psychiatric hospital and introduced community treatment …Read more
Tags: Community-based care,
Compulsory commitment,
Compulsory examination,
Compulsory treatment,
Forced examination,
Forced treatment,
Health care and health services,
Incapacity,
Informed choice,
Informed consent,
Involuntary examination,
Mental competence,
Mental disability,
Mental disorder,
Mental health,
Mental institution,
Psychiatry,
Public safety,
Schizophrenia
Country:
South Africa Year: 2019
Court: HIGH COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA KWAZULU-NATAL DIVISION, PIETERMARITZBURG
Citation: [2019] 4 All SA 469 (KZP)
Facts: The applicants’ claim was based on s. 27(1)(b) of the Constitution – the right to sufficient food and water, which they submitted found further expression in the provisions of the Water Services Act 108 of 1997 (“WSA”). Their complaint argued that farm occupiers and labour tenants, especially the applicants, lacked “access to sufficient water, basic …Read more
Tags: Clean water,
Cleanliness,
Indigent,
Potable water,
Safe drinking water,
Sewage,
Waste,
Waste management
Country:
Slovenia Year: 2018
Court: European Court of Human Rights
Citation: no. 38775/14, § 2, ECHR 2018
Human Rights: Right to property,
Right to social security Facts: The applicant, Mr. Slavko Krajnc, was a professional truck driver in Celje, Slovenia. On September 29, 2003, Krajnc was deemed to have “category III work-related disability” as a result of his epilepsy, which rendered him unable to work as a truck driver. Accordingly, he had the right to be assigned to a different, more suitable …Read more
Tags: Disabilities,
Health systems and financing
Country:
Cameroon Year: 2016
Court: United Nations Human Rights Committee
Citation: CCPR/C/121/D/2764/2016
Health Topics:
Health care and health services,
Prisons Human Rights: Right to due process/fair trial,
Right to health Facts: The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) is a treaty by which its parties commit to preserving certain human and political rights. The First Optional Protocol of the Covenant allows for individuals to bring complaints, referred to as communications, against state parties to the Protocol that have allegedly violated articles of the ICCPR. …Read more
Tags: Access to health care,
Cruel treatment,
Custody,
Detainee,
Detention,
due process,
health care services,
Imprisonment,
Incarceration,
Jail,
Prison,
Prison conditions,
Right to Fair Trial
Country:
South Korea Year: 2015
Court: Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Citation: Communication No. 51/2012; U.N. Doc. CERD/C/86/D/51/2012
Health Topics:
Controlled substances,
HIV/AIDS,
Informed consent Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination,
Right to work Facts: L.G, a New Zealand national, was employed as an English teacher in the Republic of Korea. She held an E-2 working visa for “native speaker conversation instructors.” Korea required all persons holding an E-2 working visa to undergo testing for HIV/AIDS and illegal drugs at a government hospital before they could register as alien residents …Read more
Tags: Compulsory testing,
Drug use,
HIV status,
Involuntary testing,
Mandatory testing,
Non-consensual testing and treatment,
People who use drugs
Country:
Georgia Year: 2015
Court: Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
Citation: Communication No. 24/2009; U.N. Doc. CEDAW/C/61/D/24/2009
Health Topics:
Violence Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination Facts: X and her daughter Y claimed a long history of physical and sexual assault at the hands of X’s husband, who was Y’s father. X was raped by him in 1987 and later married him, believing that Georgian social and cultural norms defining virginity as essential to female virtue compelled her to marry him or …Read more
Tags: Assault,
Domestic abuse,
Domestic violence,
Molestation,
Rape,
Sexual abuse,
Sexual assault,
Sexual violence,
Violence against women
Country:
Kazakhstan Year: 2014
Court: United Nations Human Rights Committee
Citation: Communication No. 2104/2011
Health Topics:
Health care and health services,
Infectious diseases,
Prisons,
Violence Human Rights: Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment,
Right to bodily integrity,
Right to due process/fair trial Facts: Nikolai Valetov, a Russian national, was arrested and charged in June 2001 with murder by Kyrgyzstan authorities while living in Kyrgyzstan. In addition to maintaining that he was framed for this crime by the police, Valetov further claimed that he was tortured by the police so severely while in pre-trial detention that he was permanently …Read more
Tags: Abuse,
Access to health care,
Asylum,
Cruel and unusual punishment,
Cruel treatment,
Custody,
Detainee,
Detention,
Examination,
Imprisonment,
Incarceration,
Inhuman treatment,
Inmate,
Jail,
Rape,
TB,
Torture,
Tuberculosis
Country:
Australia Year: 2014
Court: United Nations Human Rights Committee
Citation: Communication No. 1968/2010; CCPR/C/112/D/1968/2010
Health Topics:
Prisons Human Rights: Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment Facts: The claimants, who were serving life imprisonment sentences, claimed that the state of Australia had violated articles 7, 10, 15 and 24 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (“Covenant”), particularly the right to freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman, and/or degrading treatment. The claimants were jointly tried for the murder, abduction, and …Read more
Tags: Cruel and unusual punishment,
Cruel treatment,
Degrading treatment,
Imprisonment,
Incarceration,
Inhuman treatment
Country:
Brazil Year: 2014
Court: Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Citation: Communication No. 10/2013; U.N. Doc. CRPD/C/12/D/10/2013
Health Topics:
Chronic and noncommunicable diseases,
Disabilities Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination,
Right to work Facts: A Brazilian national, S.C., worked as a teller at a state-run bank. S.C. was involved in three motorcycle accidents, in 2006, 2007, and 2009. She underwent surgery in 2008 after the second accident. She took medical leave in 2009. Under the bank’s internal policy, she was required to return from medical leave within three months …Read more
Tags: Disabled,
Handicapped,
Noncommunicable diseases,
Physically challenged
Country:
Australia Year: 2013
Court: United Nations Human Rights Committee
Citation: Communication No. 2049/2011, CCPR/C/108/D/2094/2011
Health Topics:
Child and adolescent health,
Health care and health services,
Mental health,
Prisons Human Rights: Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment,
Right to due process/fair trial,
Right to liberty and security of person Facts: The authors, 37 Sri Lankan citizens held in Australian immigration detention facilities, alleged that the actions of the Australian government regarding their detention violated Articles 7, 9, 10, 17, 23, and 24 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (the “Covenant”). At the time of the submission, all of the authors were …Read more
Tags: Access to health care,
Access to treatment,
Asylum,
Child development,
Cruel treatment,
Degrading treatment,
Depression,
Detainee,
Detention,
Immigration,
Inhuman treatment,
Migrants,
Refugees,
Suicide
Country:
Australia Year: 2013
Court: United Nations Human Rights Committee
Citation: Communication No. 2136/2012, CCPR/C/108/D/2136/2012
Health Topics:
Health care and health services,
Mental health,
Prisons Human Rights: Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment,
Right to due process/fair trial,
Right to liberty and security of person Facts: The authors, nine persons held in Australian immigration detention facilities, alleged violations of various articles (named below) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (the “Covenant”). The authors had different backgrounds. Two were Myanmarese citizens, six were Sri Lankan citizens, and one was a Kuwaiti citizen. They all entered Australian territorial waters on …Read more
Tags: Access to health care,
Access to treatment,
Asylum,
Cruel treatment,
Degrading treatment,
Depression,
Detainee,
Detention,
Immigration,
Inhuman treatment,
Mental illness,
Migrants,
Refugees
Country:
Libya Year: 2012
Court: United Nations Human Rights Committee
Citation: Communication No. 1805/2008
Human Rights: Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment,
Right to bodily integrity,
Right to liberty and security of person,
Right to life Facts: On 9 August 1995, B, a Libyan citizen, was arrested by the Libyan Internal Security Agency and held in secret detention at Abu Slim prison. In September 2000, B’s relatives were informed that B was alive and allowed to visit him in prison. During those visits, B told his relatives he had been regularly tortured …Read more
Tags: Abuse,
Cruel treatment,
Custody,
Degrading treatment,
Detainee,
Detention,
Forced disappearance,
Humiliating treatment,
Imprisonment,
Incarceration,
Inhuman treatment,
Jail,
Prison conditions,
Solitary confinement,
Torture
Country:
Zambia Year: 2012
Court: United Nations Human Rights Committee
Citation: Communication no. 1303/2004
Health Topics:
Chronic and noncommunicable diseases,
Diet and nutrition,
Health care and health services,
HIV/AIDS,
Medicines,
Prisons Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination,
Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment,
Freedom of movement and residence,
Right to due process/fair trial,
Right to education,
Right to family life,
Right to health,
Right to liberty and security of person,
Right to life,
Right to privacy Facts: On 28 October 1997, JC (a military officer) was arrested by Zambian police for an attempted coup d’état. He was severely tortured and charged with treason. While being tortured, he was forced to sign false confessions and to implicate other military officials. Because of the torture, he was hospitalized at various times. On 31 October …Read more
Tags: Abuse,
Access to drugs,
Access to health care,
Access to medicines,
Access to treatment,
AIDS,
Antiretrovirals,
ARVs,
Asylum,
Cancer,
Cruel and unusual punishment,
Cruel treatment,
Custody,
Degrading treatment,
Detainee,
Detention,
Diet,
Execution,
Forced disappearance,
Forced displacement,
HIV,
HIV positive,
Humiliating treatment,
Hunger,
Imprisonment,
Incarceration,
Inhuman treatment,
Inmate,
Jail,
Law enforcement,
Malnutrition,
People living with HIV/AIDS,
PLHIV,
Police,
Prison conditions,
Refugees,
Torture
Country:
Bulgaria Year: 2012
Court: Committee for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
Citation: Communication No. 31/2011; UN Doc. CEDAW/C/53/D/31/2011
Health Topics:
Violence Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination,
Right to bodily integrity Facts: A mother brought a case on behalf of her daughter who was suffering affective disorder for having been a victim of an act of sexual violence in 2004, when she was seven years old. In 2006, the indictment against the perpetrator was issued. After two years, and in less than two months, the court approved …Read more
Tags: Assault,
Molestation,
Rape,
Sexual abuse,
Sexual assault,
Sexual harassment,
Sexual violence,
Violence against women
Country:
Sweden Year: 2012
Court: Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Citation: Communication No. 3/2011; U.N. Doc. CRPD/C/7/D/3/2011
Health Topics:
Chronic and noncommunicable diseases,
Disabilities,
Health care and health services Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination,
Right to health,
Right to life Facts: The petitioner had a chronic connective tissue disorder, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), due to which she could no longer leave her house nor could she be transported to the hospital because of the increased risk of injury. The only type of rehabilitation available to her was hydrotherapy via an indoor pool at her house. Accordingly, the …Read more
Tags: Access to healthcare,
Access to treatment,
Differently abled,
Disabled,
Handicapped,
Neurological diseases,
Noncommunicable diseases,
Physically challenged
Country:
Libya Year: 2012
Court: United Nations Human Rights Committee
Citation: Communication No. 1880/2009
Health Topics:
HIV/AIDS,
Medical malpractice,
Prisons,
Public safety Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination,
Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment,
Freedom of religion,
Right to bodily integrity,
Right to due process/fair trial,
Right to liberty and security of person,
Right to life Facts: Four out of the five claimants in this case arrived in Libya between February 1998 and February 1999 to work as members of a Bulgarian medical team at Al-Fatah pediatrics hospital; the other claimant had arrived in Libya in 1991 and had been working at a different hospital. On 9 February 1999, the authors together …Read more
Country:
Libya Year: 2012
Court: Human Rights Committee
Citation: N.S. Nenova et al. v Libya CCPR/C/104/D/1880/2009
Facts: FACTS All the authors save one who had arrived in 1999, all arrived in Libya between February 1998 and 1999 to work as members of a Bulgarian medical team at al-Fatah paediatric hospital in Benghazi. The authors were arrested by Libyan police & charged with murder on suspicion of having infected 393 children with HIV …Read more
Tags: Cruel treatment,
Imprisonment,
Inhuman treatment,
Inmate,
Torture,
Unfair trial
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Year: 2012
Court: Human Rights Committee
Citation: Communication No. 1880/2009)
Facts: The Applicants/Authors were Bulgarian Medics who were working at Al-Fatah Paedriatic hospital in Benghazi. But for one of the Applicants, Kristyana Venelinova, who arrived in Libya in 1991 and was working at Hauari hospital, the rest arrived between 1998 and 1999 and were working at Al-Fatah hospital. The medics were arrested on 9th February 1999, …Read more
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Brazil Year: 2011
Court: Committee for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
Citation: Communication No. 17/2008; UN Doc. CEDAW/C/49/D/17/2008
Health Topics:
Health care and health services,
Health information,
Health systems and financing,
Hospitals,
Medical malpractice,
Poverty,
Sexual and reproductive health Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination,
Right to due process/fair trial,
Right to health,
Right to life Facts: The author of the communication, the mother of a woman who had died during childbirth, claimed that Brazilian authorities had not ensured access to quality medical treatment during her daughter’s delivery in violation of nondiscrimination provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). More specifically, the author of …Read more
Tags: Access to health care,
Access to treatment,
Childbirth,
Clinics,
Diagnostics,
Emergency care,
Examination,
Health care professionals,
Health care workers,
Health facilities,
Health funding,
Health records,
Inadequate treatment,
Inappropriate treatment,
Indigent,
Low income,
Maternal health,
Maternal mortality,
Medical records,
Miscarriage,
Misdiagnosis,
Negligence,
Poor,
Pregnancy,
Private hospitals,
Underprivileged
Country:
Peru Year: 2011
Court: Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Citation: L.C. v. Peru, CEDAW, U.N. Doc. CEDAW/C/50/D/22/2009 (2011).
Health Topics:
Health care and health services,
Health systems and financing,
Mental health,
Poverty,
Sexual and reproductive health,
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,
Right to health,
Right to life,
Right to privacy Facts: A minor child, L.C., began to be sexually abused at the age of 11 years by a 34-year-old man. Two years later, L.C. became pregnant, and in response, attempted suicide by jumping from a building. L.C. survived her suicide attempt, and she was taken to a public hospital where she was diagnosed with a series …Read more
Tags: Abortion,
Access to treatment,
Criminalization,
Domestic abuse,
Domestic violence,
Molestation,
Rape,
Sexual abuse,
Sexual assault,
Sexual harassment,
Sexual violence,
Suicide,
Termination of pregnancy,
Therapeutic abortion,
Violence against women
Country:
Belarus Year: 2011
Court: Committee for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
Citation: Communication No. 23/2009; CEDAW/C/4 9/D/23/20 09
Health Topics:
Prisons,
Violence Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination,
Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment Facts: IA was a journalist and activist for the ‘For Freedom’ movement. On 10 October 2007 IA was hanging blue ribbons in Brest, Belarus in order to draw public attention to the ‘European March’ campaign. IA was arrested by a police officer and taken to the Interior Department of Lenin District of Brest City. IA was …Read more
Tags: Abuse,
Cruel treatment,
Custody,
Degrading treatment,
Detainee,
Detention,
Humiliating treatment,
Inhuman treatment,
Prison conditions,
Violence against women
Country:
Kyrgyzstan Year: 2011
Court: United Nations Human Rights Committee
Citation: Communication No. 1756/2008
Health Topics:
Mental health,
Prisons,
Violence Human Rights: Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment,
Right to due process/fair trial,
Right to life Facts: On 24 October 2004, TM and his wife were in custody at the local police station on a public disturbance charge following an argument in the street. While in police custody, TM died, and there was a dispute of fact as to how his death occurred. The ambulance doctor who attended the scene testified that …Read more
Tags: Abuse,
Assault,
Cruel and unusual punishment,
Cruel treatment,
Custody,
Detainee,
Detention,
Inhuman treatment,
Jail,
Law enforcement,
Police,
Suicide,
Torture
Country:
South Africa Year: 2010
Court: United Nations Human Rights Committee
Citation: Communication No. 1818/2008; U.N. Doc. CCPR/C/100/D/1818/2008
Health Topics:
Health care and health services,
HIV/AIDS,
Prisons,
Violence Human Rights: Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment,
Right to health Facts: Bradley McCallum, a detainee at a maximum correctional facility in South Africa, claimed to be a victim of violations of articles 7 and 10 of the International on Civil and Political Rights (“Covenant”). In particular, McCallum alleged that he was physically abused, raped, and subject to other ill treatment by South African prison authorities during …Read more
Tags: Abuse,
Access to health care,
Cruel treatment,
Degrading treatment,
Detainee,
Detention,
HIV,
HIV status,
Imprisonment,
Incarceration,
Inhuman treatment,
Medical records,
Most-at-risk,
Prison conditions,
Rape,
Testing,
Torture,
Transmission
Country:
Uzbekistan Year: 2009
Court: United Nations Human Rights Committee
Citation: Comm. No. 1280/2004, U.N. Doc. CCPR/C/96/D/1280/2004 (HRC 2009)
Health Topics:
Prisons Human Rights: Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment,
Right to due process/fair trial,
Right to life Facts: The case is about the failure of the State, which was party to International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (“ICCPR”) and its Optional Protocol, to ensure the individuals’ rights to a fair trial (Article 14), the right to life (Article6), the rights of detainees (Article 10), and freedom from torture and other ill-treatment (Article …Read more
Tags: Abuse,
Cruel and unusual punishment,
Cruel treatment,
Custody,
Detainee,
Detention,
Execution,
Imprisonment,
Incarceration,
Inhuman treatment,
Inmate,
Jail,
Law enforcement,
Police,
Torture
Country:
Canada Year: 2007
Court: United Nations Human Rights Committee
Citation: Communication No. 1124/2002, U.N. Doc. CCPR/C/89/D/1124/2002 (2007)
Health Topics:
Aging,
Chronic and noncommunicable diseases Human Rights: Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment,
Right to acquire nationality,
Right to due process/fair trial,
Right to liberty and security of person,
Right to life,
Right to privacy Facts: The author, an elderly Canadian national in poor health, alleged that citizenship revocation proceedings against him violated his rights under articles 6, 7, 9, 14, and 17 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (the “Covenant”). The author was a Polish national who came to Canada in 1946 under a government order where …Read more
Tags: Aged persons,
Cruel treatment,
Degrading treatment,
Elderly,
Heart disease,
Humiliating treatment,
Immigration,
Inhuman treatment,
Older persons,
Senior citizens,
Torture
Country:
Cameroon Year: 2007
Court: United Nations Human Rights Committee
Citation: CCPR/C/91/D/1186/2003
Health Topics:
Diet and nutrition,
Health care and health services,
Infectious diseases,
Prisons,
Sexual and reproductive health,
Violence,
Water, sanitation and hygiene Human Rights: Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment,
Freedom of expression,
Right to due process/fair trial,
Right to liberty and security of person,
Right to life,
Rights to the benefits of culture Facts: The author of the communication was the wife of the alleged victim, a Cameroon citizen. The author alleged that a group of police officers broke into her house without a warrant, claiming to be looking for a gun, and began beating her husband (as well as battering the author, who was in an advanced state …Read more
Tags: Abuse,
Access to drugs,
Access to health care,
Access to medicines,
Access to treatment,
Assault,
Childbirth,
Cleanliness,
Cruel treatment,
Custody,
Degrading treatment,
Detainee,
Detention,
Hunger,
Imprisonment,
Incarceration,
Inhuman treatment,
Inmate,
Jail,
Pregnancy,
Prison conditions,
Solitary confinement,
Starvation,
Torture,
Violence against women
Country:
Year: 2007
Court: EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
Citation: (Application no. 23944/05)
Facts: The 1st Applicant sought asylum in Sweden, having emigrated from Nigeria. The 2nd Applicant was born 3months after the 1st Applicant arrived in Sweden. The 1st Applicant applied for asylum citing that she was from Delta State, Nigeria where FGM was performed on women when they gave birth. She contended that neither her parents nor …Read more
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Year: 2006
Court: International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
Citation: Case number IT-03-67-T
Health Topics:
Diet and nutrition,
Prisons Human Rights: Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment,
Right to bodily integrity,
Right to health,
Right to life Facts: The case concerned the welfare of an Accused who undertook a hunger strike while one of his appeals was pending. The Accused was self-represented and displayed significant disdain for the proceedings of the Tribunal. On July 4, 2006, the Tribunal made a decision as to the production and availability of documents to the Accused, stipulating …Read more
Tags: Conscientious objection,
Custody,
Degrading treatment,
Detainee,
Detention,
Food,
Humiliating treatment,
Hunger strike,
Inhuman treatment,
Starvation,
Torture
Country:
Australia Year: 2006
Court: United Nations Human Rights Committee
Citation: U.N. H.R. Comm., U.N. Doc. CCPR/C/86/D/1184/2003 (Apr. 27, 2006).
Health Topics:
Child and adolescent health,
Mental health,
Prisons Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination,
Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment,
Right to health Facts: The applicant was an underage Aboriginal Australian who alleged violation of Articles 7 (freedom from torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment and punishment), 10 (guaranteed dignity of detained persons) and 24 (child’s right to freedom from discrimination) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) when he was placed under incarceration …Read more
Tags: Child development,
Children,
Compulsory confinement,
Detention,
Mental disability,
Mental illness,
Minor,
Psychiatry,
Solitary confinement,
Torture
Country:
Hungary Year: 2006
Court: Committee for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
Citation: Communication No. 4/2004, U.N. Doc. CEDAW/C/36/D/4/2004 (July 14, 2006).
Health Topics:
Health care and health services,
Hospitals,
Sexual and reproductive health Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination,
Right of access to information,
Right to family life,
Right to health Facts: A.S., a Hungarian-Roma woman in labor, was taken to a public hospital in shock and bleeding heavily. Because the fetus was dead, attending personnel informed her that a caesarean section was needed to remove the fetus. While on the operating table, she was asked to sign a statement of consent, including a hand-written note requesting …Read more
Tags: Caesarean,
Compulsory sterilization,
Forced sterilization,
Informed choice,
Involuntary sterilization,
Sterilization
Country:
France Year: 2006
Court: Human Rights Committee
Citation: Brun v. France, U.N. H.R. Comm., U.N. Doc. CCPR/C/ 88/D/1453/2006 (Nov. 23, 2006).
Health Topics:
Diet and nutrition,
Environmental health,
Public safety Human Rights: Right to a clean environment,
Right to due process/fair trial,
Right to health,
Right to life,
Right to participation,
Right to privacy Facts: Brun claimed a violation of Article 2 (right to remedy), Article 6 (right to life) and Article 17 (right to privacy) of the International Covenant Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). Brun argued that Article 17 should be interpreted to include the right to live in a healthy environment. He had been sentenced for demonstrating against …Read more
Tags: Biosafety,
Contamination,
Environmental hazards,
Food,
Food safety,
Genetically-modified food,
Precautionary principle,
Safety regulation