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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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04/28/2014
Case Law | Children's and Young Persons’ Rights
Madzodzo et al v. Minister of Basic Education et al
This 2014 decision was handed down after three rounds of litigation. In 2012 applicants sought a court order directing the delivery of school furniture to three rural schools in dire need of furniture; a declaration that the State had violated children’s right to education by failing to provide “adequate, age...
04/30/2013
Case Law | Children's and Young Persons’ Rights
Head of Department: Mpumalanga Department of Education and Another v. Hoerskool Ermelo and Another
This case concerns a 2009 appeal before the Constitutional Court of South Africa, brought by the Head of the Mpumalanga Department of Education (HoD). The (HoD) sought to overturn a lower court ruling that upheld the language instruction policy of the governing body of the public high school, Hoërskool Ermelo(HE),...
01/30/2013
Case Law | Children's and Young Persons’ Rights
Cronin v. Minister for Education and Science
In 2003, four year old Jeremiah Cronin, diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity and autism, was assessed as needing a 32-hour-per-week intensive home-based program to meet his special needs while awaiting placement in Cork CABAS School.  His mother instituted an action for injunctive relief directing the Minister for Education (“the Minister”)...
12/14/2012
Case Law | Children's and Young Persons’ Rights
O’Donoghue v. Minister for Health & Ors, [1993] I.E.H.C.2 (Ir.)
11/07/2012
Case Law | Adequate Standard of Living (right to)
Judgment of the Federal Constitutional Court in the proceeding 1 BvL 10/10
05/24/2012
Case Law | Children's and Young Persons’ Rights
Decision T-841
06/09/2011
Case Law | Children's and Young Persons’ Rights
Decision T-974/10. Writ for the protection of constitutional rights. Piedad Cristina Peña, on behalf of her daughter, María Alejandra Villa, vs. Entidad Promotora de Salud (EPS) Coomeva. File T-2.500.563
06/09/2011
Case Law | Children's and Young Persons’ Rights
Decision T-051/11. Writ for the protection of constitutional rights. Julio David Pérez vs. Mayor's Office of Montería. File T-2650185
04/26/2011
Case Law | Children's and Young Persons’ Rights
Western Cape Forum for Intellectual Disability v. Government of the Republic of South Africa & Government of the Province of Western Cape, Case no: 18678/2007
07/22/2010
Case Law | Children's and Young Persons’ Rights
San Antonio Independent School District v. Demetrio P. Rodriguez et al., 411 US 1 (1973)