Wong and Selim were “vocationally registered general practitioner(s)” within s 3F of the Health Insurance Act 1973 (Cth) (the Act). Both were found to have engaged in “inappropriate practice” by a Professional Services Review Committee (the Committee) established under Pt VAA (ss 80-106ZR) of the Act. The effect of the Committee’s findings was to require …Read more

A, a Russian national, was a former practicing member of the Moscow bar. On 29 March 2006 a Moscow district court authorized the criminal prosecution of A in connection with his alleged participation in the embezzlement of property and shares of several oil companies in the late 1990s. On 5 April 2006 Russian authorities searched …Read more

This report addresses the admissibility of a petition that alleged the United States failed to fulfill its obligations under the American Declaration on the Rights and Duties of Man (the Declaration). Petitioners included the Legal Aid Society and the International Human Rights Clinic at Washington College of Law. Petitioners alleged the United States violated the …Read more

Mini Numa is an indigenous rural community located in the state of Guerrero, Mexico, composed of a population of 270 and whose closest medical center is four kilometers/one hour away in Metlatónoc, Guerrero. The regulations for the construction of a medical center in Guerrero required that the community hold at least 2500 to 3000 inhabitants …Read more

The claimant brought an amparo action against Resolution 266/007, which awarded a contract for “Provision of Antiretroviral Medications” to a bidder offering 80% generic products, arguing that the Resolution violated the claimant’s right to health. The lower court rejected the protection action, and the claimant appealed the decision, submitting copious amounts of documents and evidence …Read more

The Plaintiff, T.D.Z., complained that the Bulgarian Ministry of Health failed to carry out the necessary procurement procedure for Zoladex, a cancer medication, for the period of 1 January 2004 to 1 March 2005. During this period, the plaintiff, a high-risk cancer patient, was essentially deprived of a key part of her treatment. As a …Read more

In 1993, Colombia passed Law 100, a broad national healthcare reform act that attempted to improve delivery of health services in Colombia by utilizing public and private insurers (“Health Promoting Entities,” or EPSs) as substitutes to purchase health care for insured patients. To this end, the law established a two-tier system of benefits: (1) a …Read more

The Plaintiffs were the owners of the patented cancer-drug Erlotinib. Erlotinib is a Quinazolin derivative and destroys some types of cancer cells with little secondary effects. The Defendant announced that it was going to sell a generic version of Erlotinib in India and in foreign markets. The Plaintiffs sought a permanent injunction to stop the …Read more

A Colombian citizen challenged before the Supreme Administrative Court the constitutionality of an administrative decision that allowed the Asociación Probienestar de la Familia Colombiana PROFAMILIA to import and distribute the emergency contraception pill Postinor 2. The petitioner argued that the drug suppressed life in its initial stages, acting as an abortive and therefore violating the …Read more

Jorge Gabarrot, the plaintiff, requested an order requiring the State Health Services Administration (the “ASSE”) and/or the National Resource Fund to carry out a special treatment with enzyme replacement in the dosages determined by the Institute of Nephrology. The lower court had dismissed the measure requested by the plaintiff, and stipulated the closure of the …Read more