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Brown c. Plata 131 S. Ct. 1910 (2011)

En este caso se unieron dos demandas colectivas presentadas bajo la Ley de Reforma de Litigios Penitenciarios de 1995 (PLRA), la cual permite que los reclusos inicien acciones judiciales por violaciones de derechos constitucionales. Las cárceles de California fueron diseñadas para albergar a unos 80.000 presos, pero a la fecha de la presentación el sistema tenía aproximadamente 156.000 reclusos.

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Centre for Health, Human Rights and Development & 3 otros c. procurador general (2015), recurso constitucional nro. 1 de 2013

En 2011, los peticionantes presentaron una petición constitucional aduciendo que el gobierno había violado la Constitución de Uganda por medio de actos y omisiones respecto de servicios relacionados con la salud materna. Más específicamente, los peticionantes sostuvieron que el gobierno no había provisto servicios básicos de salud materna y no había presupuestado adecuadamente la salud materna, y que el comportamiento no ético de los trabajadores del sector de la salud conducía a la muerte prevenible de embarazadas durante el parto.

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Procurador general y otros c. Tapela y otros, caso del Tribunal de Apelación Civil nro. CACGB-096-14; Procurador general y otros c. Mwale, caso del Tribunal de Apelación Civil nro. CACGB-076-15

En 2004, la Secretaría de Salud de Botswana distribuyó una directiva interna entre instituciones médicas públicas para informarles de un Decreto Presidencial que autorizaba “el suministro de tratamiento gratis a reclusos que no sean ciudadanos que sufran de enfermedades que no sean el SIDA”. Reclusos de Zimbabwe con VIH positivo presentaron demandas para cuestionar ea decreto después de que se les negaran medicamentos de una terapia antiretroviral (TAR).

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King c. Burwell, 576 U.S. ___ (2015)

El 25 de junio de 2015, en el caso King c. Burwell, la Corte Suprema resolvió un asunto que afecta la cobertura de salud de millones de estadounidenses. La Ley de Cuidado de Salud Asequible fue aprobada por el Congreso en 2010 para aumentar la cantidad de estadounidenses con cobertura médica. Bajo la ACA, la población puede adquirir seguros de salud por medio de “bolsas” estatales, las cuales son, básicamente, mercados en los que las personas pueden comparar y comprar planes de seguros.

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Attorney General and Others v. Tapela and Others, Court of Appeal Civil Case No. CACGB-096-14; Attorney General and Others v. Mwale, Court of Appeal Civil Case No. CACGB-076-15

In 2004 Botswana’s Secretary of Health circulated an internal directive to public medical facilities informing them of a Presidential Directive authorizing “provision of free treatment to non-citizen prisoners suffering from ailments other than AIDS.” HIV-positive Zimbabwean prisoners filed lawsuits challenging this directive after being denied free Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ARV).

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King et al. v Burwell, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al., 576 U.S. ___ (2015)

On June 25th, 2015, in King v. Burwell, the Supreme Court decided a matter impacting the health care coverage of millions of Americans. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was enacted by Congress in 2010 to increase the number of Americans covered by health insurance. Under the ACA, people can purchase health insurance through an “exchange” in each state, basically, a marketplace that allows people to compare and purchase insurance plans. Every state can create its own exchange but if the state chooses not to, the federal government then establishes such an exchange.

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Centre for Health, Human Rights and Development & 3 Others v. Attorney General (2015), Constitutional Appeal No. 1 of 2013

In 2011, the petitioners filed a constitutional petition alleging that the government had violated the Ugandan Constitution through acts and omissions with regard to maternal health services. More specifically, the petitioners contended that the government had failed to provide basic maternal health services and to adequately budget for maternal health and that the unethical behavior of health workers led to the preventable deaths of expectant mothers during childbirth.

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Centre for Legal Resources on behalf of Valentin Câmpeanu v. Romania¸ Application no. 47848/08

On 17th July, 2014, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held the Romanian government accountable for violating the human rights of Valentin Câmpeanu, a youth with severe mental disabilities and HIV positive, who died in 2004. Abandoned at birth, he lived in public institutions all his life. When he turned eighteen, he was shifted to a social care home for adults, and afterwards, to a mental hospital. Here, left in isolation, and in the cold, without necessary health care and treatment, and deprived also of food and proper clothing, he died within seven days.

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Premlata w/o Ram Sagar & Ors. v. Govt. of NCT Delhi, W.P.C. 7687 of 2010

This case was brought by six pregnant or lactating women who lived in poverty in a Delhi slum. The women were denied food rations, as well as prenatal and children health benefits which they were entitled to under several national benefit programs.

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Bandhua Mukti Morcha v. Union of India & Ors. (1997) 10 SCC 549

This public interest litigation case (PIL) was filed via Article 32 of the Indian Constitution directly before the Supreme Court of India and petitioned the Court to direct the State of Uttar Pradesh (UP) to take steps to end child labor. Thereafter a Court-appointed committee reported the enormity of child exploitation in UP’s carpet industry, finding that many children were kidnapped from Bihar, that the industry largely employed minor children under 14 years, and that many experienced physical abuse.

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