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M.S.S. c. Bélgica y Grecia, Petición nro. 30696/09

Un ciudadano afgano (el Sr. M.S.S.) presentó una solicitud de asilo en Bélgica tras ingresar a la UE a través de Grecia. Conforme al Reglamento de Dublín (legislación de la UE que determina qué país es responsable de procesar solicitudes de asilo específicas), Bélgica lo trasladó nuevamente a Grecia para que Grecia procesara la solicitud de asilo. Grecia detuvo al solicitante bajo condiciones degradantes y luego lo liberó dentro del país para que espere hasta que se resuelva su solicitud. Durante este periodo, el Sr. M.S.S.

M.S.S. v. Belgium and Greece, Application no. 30696/09

An Afghan citizen (Mr. M.S.S.) presented an asylum application in Belgium after entering the EU through Greece. Pursuant to the Dublin Regulations (EU law that determines which country has responsibility for processing specific asylum petitions), Belgium transferred him back to Greece in order for Greece to process the asylum petition. Greece detained the applicant in degrading conditions and then released him into the country to await a decision on his application. During this time, Mr. M.S.S. was homeless, not permitted to work, and had no access to sanitary facilities or any resources.

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 the land that had been the home of the Xákmok Kásek community for years. The community’s ability to survive and to develop its way of life was restricted, and the State failed to fulfill its duty to guarantee the community’s territorial rights.

Caso Comunidad Indígena Xákmok Kásek. Vs. Paraguay

La Comunidad Indígena Xákmok Kásek, originariamente del área del Chaco Paraguayo, reclamó ante la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos el reconocimiento de su territorio tradicional. Paraguay vendió y dividió estas tierras sin consideración de las poblaciones indígenas. La Estancia Salazar se fundó en la tierra donde por años vivió la a Comunidad Xákmok Kásek y en esta Estancia, se limitó la capacidad de la comunidad a subsistir y desarrollar su modo de vida, además de la omisión del Estado en su deber de garantizar los derechos territoriales de la comunidad.

Sentencia de la Corte Federal Constitucional en el caso 1 BvL 10/10

El Alto Tribunal Social de Renania del Norte-Westfalia le solicitó a la Corte Constitucional de Alemania que decida si los subsidios económicos entregados a los solicitantes de asilo conforme la sección 3, párrafo 2, de la Ley de Beneficios para Solicitantes de Asilo cumplían con el derecho constitucional a condiciones mínimas para una existencia digna.

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.

Informe y Recomendación sobre la Solicitud de Inspección, Argentina - Préstamo Especial de Ajuste Estructural 4405-AR - Caso Pro-Huerta

En febrero de 1990, el Poder Ejecutivo Nacional, encargó al Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA) el diseño y ejecución de un programa de seguridad alimentaria destinado para apoyar la producción de pequeñas huertas familiares para satisfacer las necesidades de consumo de familias pobres. El 3 de agosto de 1990, el Consejo Directivo del INTA emitió la Resolución 239 que aprueba el Programa Pro-Huerta.

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 Pro-Huerta Program.

R. (Adam and Limbuela) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

The claimants in this joined action were asylum-seekers who had sought asylum after their initial entry to the UK. The defendant, Secretary of State for the Home Department, refused support under Section 55 of the Nationality, Immigration, and Asylum Act 2002 ("the Act") with regard to accommodation. Section 55 allowed refusal of support to asylum seekers who failed to make their claim as soon as reasonably practicable.

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

The claimants filed a tutela action against several state institutions alleging failure to comply with their mission of protecting displaced persons and to effectively respond to the displaced’s requests related to housing, access to production projects, health care, education and humanitarian aid.