Case EKD/0077/11/12
Country: ArmeniaYear: 2013
Court: Court of Cassation (Հայաստանի Հանրապետության Վճռաբեկ դատարան)
Citation: Case No. ‘ԵԿԴ/0077/11/12’
Health Topics: Health care and health services, Hospitals, Infectious diseases, Medical malpractice, Sexual and reproductive health
Human Rights: Right to due process/fair trial, Right to life
Arman Antonyan, the son of the applicant Susanna Antonyan, died upon receiving treatment at a medical institution. A. Antonyan’s death was caused by acute liver failure resulted from the fulminant viral malignant hepatitis B. On May 31, 2010, S. Antonyan reported to the RA General Prosecutor’s Office that after her son A. Antonyan received treatment …Read more
Csoma v. Romania
Country: RomaniaYear: 2013
Court: European Court of Human Rights
Citation: Application No.8759/05
Health Topics: Health care and health services, Health information, Hospitals, Sexual and reproductive health
Human Rights: Right to privacy
The applicant, Ms. Julia Kinga Csoma, alleged that her gynecologist had committed “grievous unintentional bodily harm and negligence” due to serious medical errors in her treatment. Csoma became pregnant in January 2002. Her pregnancy was monitored by a gynecologist at the town hospital where Csoma worked as a nurse. The fetus was diagnosed with hydrocephalus, …Read more
G.B. and R.B. v. The Republic of Moldova
Country: MoldovaYear: 2013
Court: European Court of Human Rights
Citation: Application No. 16761/09
Health Topics: Hospitals, Informed consent, Medical malpractice, Sexual and reproductive health
Human Rights: Right to bodily integrity, Right to family life
Plaintiffs in this case were husband and wife. When G.B. was giving birth at the Stefan-Vodă regional hospital, a state-owned regional hospital, the head of the obstetrics and gynecology department preformed a Caesarean section on her and removed her ovaries and Fallopian tubes without obtaining her permission. As a result, G.B. suffered early menopause and …Read more
In the matter of Medical and Dental Practitioners Council and In the matter of the Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Council in the Alleged Professional Misconduct by Dr. Asinja Kapuru into the Alleged Loss of a Baby at Mulago National Referral Hospital
Country: UgandaYear: 2013
Court: Medical and Dental Practitioners Council, Uganda
Health Topics: Child and adolescent health, Health care and health services, Health information, Hospitals, Medical malpractice, Sexual and reproductive health
Human Rights: Right of access to information, Right to family life
Mr. Bukenya’s wife went into labour and was admitted into the Mulago Hospital. She was operated upon by Dr. Kapuru and delivered a child by Caesarean section. The baby was not brought to her when she asked to see the baby. Mr. Bukenya was informed that his wife had delivered a male child and asked …Read more
Mehmet Senturk and Bekir Senturk v. Turkey
Country: TurkeyYear: 2013
Court: The European Court of Human Rights
Citation: Application No. 13423/09
Health Topics: Child and adolescent health, Health care and health services, Health systems and financing, Hospitals, Medical malpractice, Medicines, Sexual and reproductive health
Human Rights: Right to bodily integrity, Right to health, Right to life
The first applicant took his pregnant wife to the Izmir Pubic Hospital. A midwife examined his wife and the duty gynecologist was not called. As the applicant’s wife was experiencing continuous pain, he took her to another hospital- Atatruk Research and Teaching Hospital. An Assistant Doctor examined her and thereafter referred her to the Urology …Read more
Mellet v. Ireland
Country: IrelandYear: 2013
Court: Human Rights Committee
Citation: CCPR/C/116/D/2324/2013
Health Topics: Child and adolescent health, Health care and health services, Health information, Health systems and financing, Hospitals, Mental health, 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 health, Right to privacy
The author of the communication stated that she became pregnant in 2011 and in her 21st week, she was informed that the foetus had congenital heart defects. She was further informed that the impairment might prove to be fatal. However the hospital told her that abortion was not possible in the current jurisdiction (Ireland) and …Read more
Voluntary Health Association of Punjab v. Union of India
Country: IndiaYear: 2013
Court: Supreme Court
Citation: Writ Petition (Civil) No. 349 of 2006
Health Topics: Child and adolescent health, Health care and health services, Health information, Hospitals, Sexual and reproductive health
Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination
The order is about the problem of sex-selective abortion in India. The Court assed the present situation and the various barriers that must be taken into account when States take steps to address this problem by raising awareness of the legal status of the issue. The Parliament has taken steps to prevent sex selective abortion …Read more
Case of Hristozov v. Bulgaria
Country: BulgariaYear: 2012
Court: The European Court of Human Rights
Citation: Applications nos. 47039/11 and 358/12
Health Topics: Health care and health services, Hospitals, Medicines
Human Rights: Right to family life, Right to health, Right to life, Right to privacy
The applicants were all terminally ill cancer patients (four of them died since the filing of the application). They were unsuccessful in trying to find a cure and tried many conventional treatments such as chemotherapy, radiotherapy and hormone therapy. Thereafter they approached a private clinic in Sofia and found out that an anti-cancer experimental product …Read more
Case of Y.Y v. Russia
Country: RussiaYear: 2012
Court: The European Court of Human Rights
Citation: Applications nos. 40378/06
Health Topics: Child and adolescent health, Health care and health services, Health information, Hospitals, Medical malpractice, Sexual and reproductive health
Human Rights: Right to privacy
The applicant gave premature birth to twins. One of the twins died nine hours after her birth. The second twin survived after being transferred to an intensive care unit. The applicant stated that the first child would have survived too if had been promptly transferred to the Intensive Care Unit. She sent letters to the …Read more
Center for Health Human Rights and Development (CEHURD) v. Attorney General
Country: UgandaYear: 2012
Court: Constitutional Court
Citation: Constitutional Petition No. 16 of 2011
Health Topics: Child and adolescent health, Health care and health services, Health systems and financing, Hospitals, Medical malpractice, Medicines, Poverty, Sexual and reproductive health
Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination, Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, Right to health, Right to life
The petitioners claimed that the lack of provision of basic health maternal commodities in Government Health Facilities and the negligent, unethical behavior of health workers toward expectant mothers in those facilities resulted in violations of the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda (the “Constitution”). Specifically, the petitioners claimed violations of the right to health and …Read more