Gatica, María Emilia v. Instituto Nacional de Servicios Sociales para Jubilados y Pensionados [PAMI]
Country: ArgentinaYear: 2012
Court: Supreme Court of Justice [Corte Suprema de Justicia de la Nación Argentina]
Citation: G. 588. XLVI.
Health Topics: Aging, Disabilities, Health care and health services, Health systems and financing, Hospitals, Medicines, Poverty
Human Rights: Right to health, Right to life
The plaintiff filed a guarantee of protection of individual constitutional rights (amparo protection) against the National Institute of Social Services for Retiree [Instituto Nacional de Servicios Sociales para Jubilados y Pensionados – PAMI] in the First Instance Court which admitted the suit and ordered the respondent to pay monthly for the coverage of an domiciliary …Read more
Case of Ternovszky v. Hungary
Country: HungaryYear: 2010
Court: European Court of Human Rights
Citation: no. 67545/09, ECHR 2010
Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination, Right to bodily integrity, Right to health, Right to liberty and security of person, Right to privacy, Right to social security
The applicant, Anna Ternovszky, a pregnant woman who intended to give birth at home, filed a complaint before the European Court of Human Rights., alleging that s. 101(2) of Government Decree no. 218/1999 (XII.28.) violated her rights under the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”). Ternovszky claimed that health professionals were …Read more