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L.G. v. Republic of Korea, CERD/C/86/D/51/2012 Communication No. 51/2012

Following the exhaustion of available legal avenues of redress in the Republic of Korea (Korea), this communication was submitted before the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (Committee) in 2012. The case concerns mandatory tests for HIV/AIDS and illegal drugs use required of foreign teachers of English in Korea. Korean citizen teachers and ethnic Korean noncitizen teachers are not required to undergo such scrutiny.

Estado de Maharashtra & Anr. c. Indian Hotel and Restaurants Association y otros, apelación civil nro. 2705

El caso llegó hasta la Corte Suprema de la India por vía de una apelación contra la sentencia de un Alto Tribunal de Bombay que revocaba la prohibición por parte del gobierno de Maharashtra de los espectáculos de danza en bares en todo el territorio estatal. La prohibición data de agosto de 2005 y vedaba “todo tipo de danza” en un “local gastronómico, espacio con licencia para vender bebidas alcohólicas o bar”, pero excluía espectáculos de danza en hoteles de tres o más estrellas, y otros establecimientos de primer nivel.

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).

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).

E.S & S.C. c. República Unida de Tanzania, CEDAW/C/60/D/48/2013 Comunicación No. 48/2013

Tras extensos procedimientos legales que tuvieron lugar en Tanzania, en 2012 se presentó esta comunicación ante el Comité para la Eliminación de la Discriminación contra la Mujer (el Comité). El caso se refiere a la situación de dos viudas de ese país (E.S. y S.C.) que, bajo el derecho sucesorio consuetudinario de Tanzania, fueron denegadas el derecho de heredar o administrar los bienes de sus maridos fallecidos. En consecuencia, fueron desalojadas de sus viviendas, junto con sus hijos menores, por parte de sus suegros.

E.S & S.C. v. United Republic of Tanzania, CEDAW/C/60/D/48/2013 Communication No. 48/2013

Following extensive legal proceedings in Tanzania, this communication was submitted before the Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women (Committee) in 2012. The case concerns the plight of two widows in Tanzania (E.S. and S.C.) who, under Tanzania’s customary inheritance law, were denied the right of inheriting or administering the estates of their late husbands. Thereafter they were, along with their minor children, evicted from their homes by their in-laws.

State of Maharashtra & Anr. v Indian Hotel and Restaurants Association & Ors., Civil Appeal No. 2705

This case came before the Supreme Court of India, on appeal, against a Bombay High Court verdict striking down the Maharashtra government’s statewide ban on dance performances in bars. The ban dates back to August 2005, and prohibited ‘any type of dancing' in an "eating house, permit room or beer bar", but made an exception for dance performances in three stars hotels and above, and other elite establishments. The State justified the ban by asserting that bar dancing corrupts morals, fuels trafficking and prostitution, and causes exploitation of women bar dancers.

Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs c. The Inclusive Communities Project, 576 U.S. ___ (2015)

El caso fue iniciado en 2008, cuando Inclusive Communities Project (ICP), un grupo sin fines de lucro, demandó al Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA, la autoridad de vivienda y asuntos comunitarios del estado de Texas) por un programa de créditos fiscales federales empleado por los gobiernos estatales y locales para construir viviendas económicas.

Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. The Inclusive Communities Project, 576 U.S. ___ (2015)

This case was initiated in 2008 when the Inclusive Communities Project (ICP), a non-profit group, sued the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) in relation to a federal tax credit program used by states and local governments to build affordable housing. ICP claimed that the TDHCA perpetuated segregation in violation of the Fair Housing Act (FHA) by granting too many tax credits to new housing developments in predominantly black inner city areas and too few in primarily white suburban neighborhoods.

Sentencia Constitucional Plurinacional 0206/2014

Patricia Mansilla Martínez, a member of Bolivian Parliament, filed an abstract action of unconstitutionality against articles 56, 58, 245, 250, 254, 258, 263, 264, 265, 266, 269, 315, and 327 of the Criminal Code for discrimination against women. The Court did not consider the constitutionality of articles 254, 315 or 317, as they are no longer in force.