58 judgments found.

Bekos and Koutropoulos v. Greece

Country: Greece
Year: 2005
Court: European Court of Human Rights
Citation: Application no. 15250/02
Health Topics: Prisons, Violence
Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination, Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
Facts:

On 8 May 1998, the applicants, who were Greek nationals of Roma origin, were arrested by three police officers for the attempted burglary of a kiosk. The applicants claimed that they were physically abused while being interrogated in custody and could hear each other screaming; they also claimed that they were threatened with sexual assault …Read more

Tags: Assault, Cruel and unusual punishment, Cruel treatment, Custody, Degrading treatment, Detainee, Detention, Humiliating treatment, Law enforcement, Police, Sexual assault
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Case T-453/05

Country: Colombia
Year: 2005
Court: Constitutional Court
Citation: Corte Constitucional [C.C.] [Constitutional Court], Sala Tercera de Revisión, Mayo 2, 2005, M.P.: Manuel Jose Cepeda Espinosa, Sentencia T-453/05 (Colom.).
Health Topics: Sexual and reproductive health, Violence
Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination, Right to bodily integrity, Right to due process/fair trial, Right to privacy
Facts:

A woman filed a tutela action (appeal for legal protection), claiming that a criminal court violated the Criminal Procedures Code when it ordered and examined evidence requested by the defense in a trial where she was a rape victim.  The request for evidence included documents on her behavior and several witnesses to testify about her …Read more

Tags: Molestation, Rape, Sexual abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence against women
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Huitema v. PGK

Country: New Zealand
Year: 2005
Court: Family Court
Citation: FAM-2005-009-003589
Health Topics: Mental health, Violence
Human Rights: Right to liberty and security of person
Facts:

PGK, age 56, was convicted for a sexual violation and placed in a compulsory care facility pursuant to the Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003 for a period of three years. PGK has been in the care facility for the past 18 months. PGK has a history of sexual offenses and felonious behavior and …Read more

Tags: Community-based care, Compulsory commitment, Compulsory treatment, Health care workers, Involuntary commitment, Involuntary treatment, Mandatory commitment, Mandatory treatment, Mental disability, Mental illness, Mental institution, Sexual abuse, Sexual assault
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Case 358-2004

Country: Mexico
Year: 2004
Court: Supreme Court of Justice of the State of Michoacán [Supremo Tribunal de Justicia del Estado de Michoacán]
Citation: No. 358/2004, appeal of criminal process 257/2003
Health Topics: Child and adolescent health, Mental health, Poverty, Sexual and reproductive health, Violence
Human Rights: Right to family life, Right to life
Facts:

O.M. is a Mexican woman who left her newborn son in a garbage can in the municipal headquarters of Santa Clara del Cobre after having given labor in the public restrooms. The woman placed toilet paper on the newborn child’s mouth cavity and nostrils to prevent others from hearing the newborn child cry, cut his …Read more

Tags: Child mortality, Childbirth, Family planning, Incapacity, Incompetence, Indigenous groups, Infant mortality, Insanity, Low income, Poor, Pregnancy, Psychology, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Underprivileged, Viability
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De Bruyn v. Minister of Justice and Customs

Country: Australia
Year: 2004
Court: Federal Court of Australia
Citation: (2004) 143 FCR 162; (2004) 213 ALR 479; [2004] FCAFC 334
Health Topics: HIV/AIDS, Infectious diseases, Prisons, Violence
Human Rights: Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, Right to due process/fair trial
Facts:

The Appellant, De Bruyn, was a citizen of South Africa. The Respondent, the Minister of Justice and Customs (the Minister), ordered the Appellant to be surrendered to South Africa for an extradition offense. The Appellant was to be charged in South Africa with defrauding the First National Bank of South Africa. The Treaty on Extradition …Read more

Tags: AIDS, Cruel and unusual punishment, Cruel treatment, Detention, HIV, Imprisonment, Incarceration, Inhuman treatment, Jail, Law enforcement, Most-at-risk, Rape, Sexual abuse, Sexual assault, Sexually transmitted diseases, Sexually transmitted infections, STDs, STIs, Torture, Transmission
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Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa v. Guinea

Country: Guinea
Year: 2004
Court: African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
Citation: Inst. for H.R. & Dev. in Afr. v. Guinea, Afr. Comm’n Human & Peoples’ Rights, Comm. No. 249/02 (2004).
Health Topics: Disasters and emergencies, Sexual and reproductive health, Violence
Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination, Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, Right to bodily integrity, Right to life, Right to property
Facts:

A human rights organization acting on behalf of Sierra Leonean refugees alleged that a national radio address of Guinean President Lasana Conté directing Guinean authorities to arrest, search and confine Sierra Leonean refugees to refugee camps incited soldiers and civilians to engage in attacks that violated provisions of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ …Read more

Tags: Armed conflict, Assault, Cruel and unusual punishment, Cruel treatment, Degrading treatment, Forced displacement, Humanitarian crisis, Humiliating treatment, Inhuman treatment, Military, Rape, Refugees, Sexual abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence against women
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M.C. v. Bulgaria

Country: Bulgaria
Year: 2004
Court: European Court of Human Rights
Citation: Application no. 39272/98
Health Topics: Child and adolescent health, Violence
Human Rights: Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, Right to privacy
Facts:

MC is a Bulgarian national born in 1980, who alleged that she was raped separately by two men, A and P, when she was 14 years old, within their car and within the home of a relative of theirs. MC had and tried to refuse and push the men away. The next morning MC went …Read more

Tags: Assault, Child development, Minor, Pediatric health, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence
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NS (Afghan women) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

Country: United Kingdom
Year: 2004
Court: Immigration Appeal Tribunal
Citation: [2004] UKIAT 00328
Health Topics: Health care and health services, Mental health, Poverty, Violence
Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination, Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, Freedom of movement and residence, Right to family life
Facts:

An Afghani woman (appellant) seeks asylum in the United Kingdom. The Appellant and her husband lived and worked in Kabul, Afghanistan with their three young children. After war broke out in 1992 and the destruction of the family home, the Appellant and her family left Kabul and moved to Takhar, a town in northern Afghanistan …Read more

Tags: Access to health care, Access to treatment, Assault, Asylum, Indigent, Low income, Mental illness, Poor, Rape, Refugees, Sexual abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence against women
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R v. Dica

Country: United Kingdom
Year: 2004
Court: Supreme Court of Judicature, Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Citation: [2004] EWCA Crim 1103
Health Topics: HIV/AIDS, Infectious diseases, Sexual and reproductive health, Violence
Human Rights: Right to bodily integrity
Facts:

The Appellant, Dica, was HIV-positive. He engaged in unprotected sexual intercourse with two women. Both women tested positive for HIV subsequent to their sexual encounters with the Appellant. It was not clear whether the women were aware of the Appellant’s HIV status at the time of the encounters. The prosecution did not argue that the …Read more

Tags: AIDS, Condoms, Contraceptives, HIV, HIV positive, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexually transmitted diseases, Sexually transmitted infections, Smallpox, STDs, STIs, Transmission
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Secretary of State for the Home Department v. UK

Country: United Kingdom
Year: 2004
Court: Immigration Appeal Tribunal
Citation: [2004] UKIAT 00262
Health Topics: Health care and health services, HIV/AIDS, Infectious diseases, Medicines, Mental health
Human Rights: Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, Right to family life, Right to health, Right to privacy
Facts:

This case concerns an adjudicator’s review of the deportability of a Rwandan national infected with HIV in the UK. The claimant was a Rwandan, who in June 2001 was raped by soldiers in her home and took her husband. The incident arose out of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, in which her husband was a member of …Read more

Tags: Access to drugs, Access to medicines, Access to treatment, AIDS, Antiretrovirals, ARVs, Asylum, HIV, HIV positive, Immigration, Mental illness, Migrants, Military, Militias, People living with HIV/AIDS, PLHIV, Rape, Refugees, Sexual assault
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