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U´wa Indigenous Community / Precautionary Measures. Case Nº 11.754.
Nature of the case: Petition denouncing development of oil project in indigenous land without consultation with indigenous communities. Request of precautionary measures to prevent oil project. Start of friendly settlement process.Unni Krishnan, J.P. & Ors. v. State of Andhra Pradesh & Ors. Cited as: 1993 AIR 217, 1993 SCR (1) 594, 1993 SCC (1) 645, JT 1993 (1) 474, 1993 SCALE (1)290
Nature of the case: Constitutional challenge querying whether the “right to life” in Article 21 of the Constitution of India guarantees a fundamental right to education to citizens of India; role of economic resources in limiting right to education; interplay between Directive Principles and State Policy in the Constitution and Fundamental Rights; whether the right to education includes adult professional education.V. v. Einwohnergemeinde X. und Regierungsrat des Kantons Bern (BGE/ATF 121 I 367) Swiss Federal Court
Nature of the case:Three Czechs who were illegally residing in
Viceconte, Mariela c. Estado Nacional (Ministerio de Salud y Ministerio de Economía de la Nación) s/ Acción de Amparo.
Nature of the case: Amparo action alleging lack of production of a vaccine. Direct application of right to health standards enshrined in international treaties. The role of the State as guarantor of health care services. Judicial control of budgetary allocations and execution.Victoria (City) v. Adams, 2009 BCCA 563; 2008 BCSC 1363
Nature of the case:Constitutional challenge to a city bylaw prohibiting temporary overhead shelters in public parks constructed by homeless people as violating the right to life, liberty and security of the person (under section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms) in circumstances where there is a lack of sufficient alternative shelter; Justiciability of right to adequate housing; Positive and negative rights; Use of international human rights law and summary records to interpret domestic constitutional rights.