Caselaw Database

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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12/22/2020

Case Law | Budget and Financial Policies

Vaishnorani Mahila Bachat Gat v. State of Maharashtra & Ors. 2019 SCC online SC 353

The action arose from an appeal of two High Court decisions that were issued in 2016. A local women’s group (Mahila Mandals) and other self-help groups challenged the validity of a tender notice issued by the state of Maharashtra that year. The tender awarded a contract to large corporations with...

02/27/2020

Case Law | Budget and Financial Policies

Initiative for Social and Economic Rights v. Attorney General. Civil Suit No. 353 of 2016

Following the introduction of the Universal Secondary Education (USE) program in 2007 by the Government of Uganda, the program was subsequently implemented in public schools, government grant aided schools, private for profit Public Private Partnership (PPP) schools, and private not for profit PPPs. The Government paid UGX 47,000 per student...

07/19/2017

Case Law | Budget and Financial Policies

Luke Gannon by his next friends and guardians, et al., v. State of Kansas, 298 Kan. 1107, 319 P.3d 1196 (2014) [Gannon I]; 303 Kan. 682, 368 P.3d 1024 (2016) [Gannon II], --- Kan. ---, --- P.3d --- (2016) 2016 Kan. LEXIS 300 [Gannon III]

In 2010, four Kansas school districts, 31 students, and their guardians sued the State of Kansas alleging that cuts in public school budgets beginning in 2009 had left schools inadequately funded and that portions of the funding were inequitably distributed, in violation of Article 6 of the Kansas Constitution (regulating...

12/15/2015

Case Law | Budget and Financial Policies

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

09/16/2015

Case Law | Budget and Financial Policies

Mental Disability Advocacy Centre (MDAC) v. Bulgaria, Complaint No. 41/2007

08/31/2015

Case Law | Budget and Financial Policies

In the matter of Article 26 of the Constitution and the Health (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2004, [2005] I.E.S.C. 7 (Ir.)

03/26/2015

Case Law | Budget and Financial Policies

Settlement agreement between ACIJ and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, concerning case 23360/0 of 2008