Okwanda v. Minister of Health and Medical Services, et al.
Country: KenyaYear: 2013
Court: High Court - Nairobi
Citation: Petition No. 94 of 2012
Health Topics: Aging, Chronic and noncommunicable diseases, Diet and nutrition, Health care and health services, Health systems and financing, Medicines, Poverty
Human Rights: Right to health, Right to housing, Right to social security, Right to water and sanitation
Petitioner, an elderly retired person, was diagnosed with diabetes and Benign Hypertrophy (a life-threatening terminal disease). Petitioner claimed that that the cost of the medication was prohibitive and that he was in need of urgent medical attention. Petitioner sought assistance of the court to enforce his fundamental rights to the highest attainable standard of health …Read more
Case D-358/2009
Country: BelarusYear: 2011
Court: Constitutional Court
Health Topics: Aging, Disabilities, Health care and health services, Health systems and financing
Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination, Right to education, Right to favorable working conditions, Right to food, Right to health, Right to housing, Right to social security, Right to work
Exercising its obligatory preliminary control powers, the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Belarus considered the constitutionality of the Law of the Republic of Belarus on Making Alterations and Addenda to Certain Laws of the Republic of Belarus on Social Protection of the Disabled People (the Law). The law made amendments and additions to previous …Read more
Fyodorov and Fyodorova v. Ukraine
Country: UkraineYear: 2011
Court: European Court of Human Rights
Citation: Application No. 39229/03
Health Topics: Aging, Informed consent, Mental health, Violence
Human Rights: Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, Right to bodily integrity, Right to due process/fair trial, Right to privacy
Two Ukrainian nationals lodged this complaint against the Ukraine under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights (the “Convention”) in 2003. The applicants alleged that they were ill-treated by the police and that no effective investigations of the event took place. One of the applicants also alleged that he had been …Read more
Case 857/B/2005 AB
Country: HungaryYear: 2010
Court: Constitutional Court
Health Topics: Aging, Health systems and financing
Human Rights: Right to health, Right to social security
Petitioner sought a declaration that a certain provision of a government decree regulating minimum pension amounts was unconstitutional because it (a) regulated a fundamental right which could only be done by statute and (b) provided a social security benefit too low to maintain human dignity, which was guaranteed by the Constitution.
Case 95
Country: RomaniaYear: 2010
Court: National Council for Combating Discrimination
Citation: Decision No. 95 of 9 June 2010
Health Topics: Aging, Health care and health services, Health systems and financing
Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination
The petitioner, the National Council for Combating Discrimination, alleged that Order No. 1352/2009 (the” challenged order”) issued by the Ministry of Health, the defendant, violated the paragraph 1 of Article 1 and Article 10, pt (b) of Governmental Ordinance No. 137/2000, which prevented and sanctioned all forms of discrimination. The petitioner claimed that the challenged …Read more
Case 0012-09-SIS-CC, Case 0007-09-IS
Country: EcuadorYear: 2009
Court: Constitutional Court [Corte Constitutcional]
Citation: Corte Constitucional Judgment N. 0012-09-SIS-CC, Case No. 0007-09-IS, October 8, 2009.
Health Topics: Aging, Chronic and noncommunicable diseases, Health care and health services, Health systems and financing, Hospitals
Human Rights: Right to health, Right to social security
This case addressed an individual’s right to health care and reimbursement for health services from the National Social Security Institute (Instituto Ecuatoriano de Seguridad Social, IESS) as a type of retirement benefit. The action was specifically filed against Econ. Fernando Guijarro Cabezas, General Director of IESS. This case was filed against Ecuador’s Social Security Institute …Read more
Case C-727/09
Country: ColombiaYear: 2009
Court: Colombian Constitutional Court
Citation: Corte Constitucional [C.C.] [Constitutional Court], Sala Plena octubre 14, 2009, M.P.: María Victoria Calle Correa, Sentencia C-727/09 (Colom.).
Health Topics: Aging, Health care and health services, Health systems and financing, Occupational health
Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination, Right to favorable working conditions, Right to health, Right to social security
Petitioner Hernán Antonio Barrero Bravo brought action challenging the constitutionality of Law 860 (Reform of the Social Security System law), alleging its violation of articles 48 (principle of progressive realization), 49 (principle of non-retrogression of social rights) and 53 (principle of non-retrogression in the protection given by the previous law) of the Constitution in changing …Read more
Khrapunskiy v. Doar
Country: United StatesYear: 2009
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Citation: 12 N.Y.3d 478 (2009)
Health Topics: Aging, Disabilities, Health systems and financing
Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination, Right to social security
The Plaintiffs, aged, blind or disabled persons and legal resident aliens of New York State, brought these proceedings against the Commissioner of the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) after they became ineligible for Supplementary Security Income (SSI) from the federal government and Additional State Payments (ASP) provided by the State. …Read more
Dodov v. Bulgaria
Country: BulgariaYear: 2008
Court: European Court of Human Rights
Citation: Dodov v. Bulg., App. No. 59548/00, 47 Eur. H.R. Rep. 41 (2008).
Health Topics: Aging, Health care and health services, Health systems and financing, Medical malpractice, Mental health
Human Rights: Right to due process/fair trial, Right to life
Applicant, Mr. Dodov is a Bulgarian national. His mother, Mrs. Stoyanova, suffered from Alzheimer’s disease and disappeared from a state-owned nursing home and was never found. Efforts by applicant to bring criminal and civil proceedings against the hospital staff for negligence in causing the disappearance of his mother did not yield results. Relying on Article …Read more
Walter Obodzinsky, et al. v. Canada
Country: CanadaYear: 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
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