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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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11/19/2024
This case began in December 2016, when 16 victim-survivors of Imperial Japan’s military “comfort women” regime filed a lawsuit in the Seoul Central District Court seeking 200 million won each in compensation. The case was filed in the District Court as a forum of last resort, after efforts to challenge...
11/19/2024
The parties in this divorce action are Mr. Chen and Ms. Wang, a couple who married in 2015 and then separated in 2018. The couple has one son together. Mr. Chen filed this divorce action in October 2020, requesting that the court declare the couple divorced and divide their property....
11/19/2024
In 2010, expectant mothers Millicent Awuor Omuya and Margaret Anyoso Oliele planned to deliver their children in clinics with affordable maternity fees. However, due to possible complications, both women were transferred to Pumwani Maternity Hospital, East Africa’s largest referral maternity hospital. In Ms. Awuor’s case, even though the complications did...