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This is a database of positive domestic, regional and international legal decisions from around the world regarding economic, social, cultural, and environmental rights (ESCER). These case summaries provide greater awareness about ESCER issues globally, effective litigation strategies, progressive jurisprudence, and enforcement efforts. Our case summaries are available in English and Spanish, with more recent entries also available in French and Arabic. 

The caselaw database is made possible by the support of ESCR-Net members, many of whom have contributed or reviewed cases, as well as several allies. ESCR-Net expresses its special appreciation to the Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy at Northeastern University (PHRGE), which provides ongoing support to the case database. To suggest additional cases for inclusion, contact Felipe Mesel, Strategic Litigation Working Group Program Coordinator, at fmesel@escr-net.org.

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07/23/2014
Case Law | Adequate Standard of Living (right to)
Case of the Indigenous Community Xákmok Kásek v. Paraguay
The Xákmok Kásek indigenous community, who has originally lived in the Paraguayan Chaco area, filed a petition before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights requesting acknowledgement of their traditional territory. Paraguay sold and split up the land without taking into consideration the indigenous population. The Salazar ranch was founded in...
11/07/2012
Case Law | Adequate Standard of Living (right to)
Judgment of the Federal Constitutional Court in the proceeding 1 BvL 10/10
The Higher Social Court of North Rhine-Westphalia asked the German Federal Constitutional Court to decide whether the cash benefits for asylum seekers provided under section 3 paragraph 2 of the Asylum Seekers Benefit Act comply with the constitutional right to a minimum standard of living. The Constitutional Court ruled that...
06/06/2012
Case Law | Adequate Standard of Living (right to)
Report and Recommendation on Request for Inspection, Re: Argentina - Special Structural Adjustment Loan 4405-AR (Pro-Huerta Case)
In February 1990, the Executive Branch commissioned the National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA) to develop a food security program designed to help the poor maintain small vegetable gardens to produce food for their own consumption. On August 3, 1990, the INTA Board of Directors issued Resolution 239 approving the...
06/06/2012
Case Law | Adequate Standard of Living (right to)
R. (Adam and Limbuela) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department
11/10/2006
Case Law | Adequate Standard of Living (right to)
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 P
09/05/2006
Case Law | Adequate Standard of Living (right to)
Case No. 2000-08-0109 Constitutional Court of Latvia (“On Compliance of Item 1 of the Transitional Provisions of the Law “On Social Insurance” with Articles 1 and 109 of the Satversme (Constitution) of the Republic of Latvia and Articles 9 and 11 (the