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Ntombizodwa Yvonne Maphango and others v. Aengus Lifestyle Properties PTY Ltd, CCT 57/11 [2012] ZACC 2

This case concerns the attempted eviction of tenants of certain residential flats in Johannesburg. These tenants had been living in these flats subject to various leases, some for nearly twenty years. The leases contained a provision allowing either party to terminate the lease with certain notice. Three years before the attempted evictions the landlord told the tenants to pay double or triple their rent or leave their homes. When the tenants refused, the landlord terminated their leases.

Centro Internacional para la Protección Legal de los Derechos Humanos (INTERIGHTS) versus Grecia queja Nº 49/2008

Este veredicto de la ECSR fue consecuencia de una denuncia colectiva recibida por el Centro Internacional para la protección de los Derechos Humanos (INTERIGHTS), miembros de la Red-DESC. Se alegaba que el gobierno griego violó el derecho a la vivienda de los romaníes en Grecia protegido según el artículo 16 de la ESC junto con el preámbulo de dicho documento que garantizaba su igualdad de derechos sociales como un medio para protegerlos contra la exclusión social.

International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights (INTERIGHTS) v. Greece Complaint No. 49/2008

This ECSR decision stemmed from a collective complaint lodged by the International Center for the Protection of Human Rights (INTERIGHTS), member of ESCR-Net, alleging that the Greek Government violated the right to housing of the Roma in Greece as protected under Article 16 of the ESC in conjunction with the Preamble of said Charter that guaranteed their equal access to social rights as a means to protect against their social exclusion.

Defensores de los derechos de las personas con discapacidad (Disability Advocates), Inc. v. David A. Paterson and Others, 653 F.Supp.2d 184 (2009)

Disability Advocates, Inc. (DAI) presentó una demanda ante el Tribunal Federal de Apelaciones de Nueva York (U.S.

Disability Advocates, Inc. v. David A. Paterson and Others, 653 F.Supp.2d 184 (2009)

Disability Advocates, Inc. (DAI) brought a suit before the U.S. District Court (NY) asserting that New York State discriminated against individuals with disabilities in violation of the ADA’s integration mandate, which requires that individuals with mental illness residing in adult care facilities in New York receive services in the most integrated setting possible in order to increase interaction with the broader community.

Petición Constitucional Nro. 2 de 2011 (Garissa)

Este caso del Tribunal Supremo fue iniciado con el apoyo de Hakijamii, una organización de derechos humanos con sede en Nairobi que es miembro de la Red-DESC desde 2005. El caso surgió de un pedido de más de mil personas desalojadas de sus hogares ubicados en seis comunidades conocidas comúnmente como Medina, municipalidad de Garissa.

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.

Constitutional Petition No. 2 of 2011 (Garissa)

This High Court case was brought with the support of Hakijamii, a human rights organization based in Nairobi that has been a member of ESCR-Net since 2005; and stemmed from the request of more than 1,000 individuals, evicted from their homes located in six communities commonly known as the Medina Location of Garissa municipality.

Abahlali BaseMjondolo Movement SA and others v. Premier of the Province of Kwazulu, and others, 2010 (2) BCLR 99 (CC)

This case was brought as an abstract review[1] by the Abahlali BaseMjondolo Movement (Abahlali), a voluntary association which acts in the interests of several thousand people living in informal dwellings in South Africa. Abahlali argued that section 16 of the KwaZulu-Natal Elimination and Prevention of Re-emergence of Slums Act ("the Slums Act"), which authorized provincial government officials to issue a notice directing that eviction proceedings be instituted by owners and local municipalities against informal settlements, was unconstitutional.

Joseph v. the City of Johannesburg 2010 (4) SA 55 (CC)

The South African Constitutional Court was asked to decide whether tenants of a block of flats were entitled to notice before the municipal electricity utility, City Power, disconnected their supply. The tenants paid for their electricity to the owner of the property, and despite their regular payment, the owner allowed substantial arrears to run up on the account, and City Power disconnected the property, giving the owner, but not the tenants, notice.