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A.S. v. Hungary, Communication No. 4/2004, CEDAW/C/36/D/4/2004

Country: Hungary
Forum: UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
Decision date: August 14, 2006

Nature of the case:

Communication that Ms. A.S.'s rights were violated when a doctor in a public hospital performed a forced sterilization procedure without providing adequate information regarding the sterilization procedure to obtain Ms. A.S.'s free and informed consent; Requirements of free and informed consent; Right to decide the number and spacing of children; Right to access sexual and reproductive health education and family planning information; Exhaustion of Domestic Remedies; Equality and Non-discrimination.

Abahlali BaseMjondolo Movement SA and others v. Premier of the Province of Kwazulu, and others, 2010 (2) BCLR 99 (CC)

Country: South Africa
Forum: Constitutional Court of South Africa
Decision date: October 14, 2009

Nature of the case:

Abstract preemptive review dealing with the Constitutionality of legislation allowing provincial government officials to mandate the institution of eviction proceedings in respect of informal settlements. Whether right under section 26(2) of Constitution and other national legislation made legislation invalid. Right to housing under article 26 of the Constitution.

Acción de tutela instaurada por Abel Antonio Jaramillo, Adela Polanía Montaño, Agripina María Nuñez y otros contra la Red de Solidaridad Social, el Departamento Administrativo de la Presidencia de la República, el Ministerio de Hacienda y Crédito Público, el Ministerio de Protección Social, el Ministerio de Agricultura, el Ministerio de Educación, el INURBE, el INCORA, el SENA, y otros.

Country: Colombia
Forum: Constitutional Court of Colombia, Third Chamber of Appeals.
Decision date: January 22, 2004

Nature of the case: Tutela action to protect the rights of displaced persons. Prolonged, repeated mass violation of rights caused by structural problem. The Government’s obligation to comply with constitutional and legal mandates, and to allocate enough resources to guarantee effective enjoyment of rights. Minimum rights of displaced people.

Aguas Argentinas S.A., Suez Sociedad General de Aguas de Barcelona S.A., Vivendi Universal S.A. c. República Argentina. Caso Nº ARB/03/19.

Country: Argentina
Forum: International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).
Decision date: May 12, 2005

Nature of the case: Petition to access information and participate at investment arbitration tribunal. Right to act as amicus curiae when public interest and human rights are at stake.

Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) v Government and Bangladesh & Ors 19 BLD (1999) 488.

Country: Bangladesh
Forum: Supreme Court of Bangladesh
Decision date: July 29, 2001

Nature of the case: Residents and public interest organizations challenged slum demolition by government authorities; eviction deprives residents of means of livelihood and consequently right to life; obligations to provide natural justice before eviction; resettlement was recommended but not a right..

Airey v Ireland 32 Eur Ct HR Ser A (1979): [1979] 2 E.H.R.R. 305

Country: Ireland
Forum: European Court of Human Rights
Decision date: October 9, 1979

Nature of the case: Mrs Airey claimed that the rights to a fair trial, respect for family life and non-discrimination guaranteed a right to legal aid in cases for judicial ordered separation; positive obligations of State; economic and social nature of civil and political rights; self-representation may not result in effective remedy; legal assistance to be provided where indispensable for determination of civil rights.

Alliance for Open Society International and others v. USAID and others

Country: United States of America
Forum: U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit
Decision date: July 6, 2011

Nature of the case:

Several U.S. based non-governmental organizations engaged in HIV/AIDS prevention work abroad initiated this case to challenge the Leadership Act which mandated them to take a position against prostitution; Whether under the 'Spending Clause' the U.S. Congress has the power to enforce this mandate; The scope of the First Amendment as applied to U.S. based non-governmental organizations.

Alyne da Silva Pimentel v. Brazil (Communication No. 17/2008)

Country: Brazil
Forum: UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
Decision date: July 25, 2011

Nature of the case:

Petition filed by the Center for Reproductive Rights and Advocacia Cidadã pelos Direitos Humanos before the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women to "ensure to women appropriate services in connection with pregnancy, confinement and the post-natal period, granting free services where necessary" under Art 12 (2) of the UN Convention; Scope of right to sexual and reproductive health in the context of maternal mortality; Non-discrimination and equality. 

Amilcar Menéndez, Juan Manuel Caride, et al. Case Nº 11.670. Report Nº 03/01

Country: Argentina
Forum: Inter-American Comission on Human Rights
Decision date: January 19, 2001

Nature of the case: Petition alleging court delay in protecting right to social security. Consequences on right to health, wellbeing and life. Competence of Inter-American Commission of Human Rights to hear tried violations of economic, social and cultural rights enshrined in American Declaration on Human Rights.

Asociación de Comunidades Aborígenes Lhaka Honhat. Caso Nº 12.094.

Country: Argentina
Forum: Inter-American Comission on Human Rights

Nature of the case: Petition based on infrastructure project planned in indigenous land without duly consulting communities or conducting relevant socio-environmental impact report. Friendly settlement proceedings aimed at handing over land. Request for interim measures alleging failure to comply with commitments assumed within friendly settlement proceedings.