Language Switcher

Annex 1. List of cases

Annex 1 List of cases

The present list of cases takes as the point of departure the list entailed in the ICJ Justiciability Study. It proposes nevertheless an updated overview, as it includes the additional and recent cases mentioned in this Guide.

Domestic Courts

Argentina

Supreme Court

Asociación Benghalensis y otros c. Misiterio de Salud y Accion Social – Estado Nacional s/amparo ley 16.688, 1 June 2000.

Mendoza Beatriz Silva y otros c. Estado Nacional y otros s/daños y perjuicios, File M. 1569. XL, 8 July 2008.

Reyes Aguilera, Daniela c. Estado Nacional, 5 February 2013.

Roberto E. Etcheverry c. Omint Sociedad Anónima y Servicios, 13 March 2001.

Buenos Aires City Supreme Court

Comisión Municipal de la Vivienda c. Saavedra, Felisa Alicia y Otros s/Desalojo s /Recurso de Inconstitucionalidad Concedido, 7 October 2002.

Azerbaijan

Tahirzade v. AMEC, Constitutional Court, 15 July 2011.

Benin

Decision DCC 13-031, Constitutional Court, 2013.

Botswana

Diau v. Botswana Building Society, Industrial Court of Gaborone, 2003 (2) BLR 409 (IC), Case No. IC No 50 of 2003, 19 December 2003.

Lemo v. Northern Air Maintenance (PTY) LTD, Industrial Court, Gaborone, 2004 (2) BLR 317 (IC), Case No. IC No 166 of 2004, 22 November 22 2004.

Brazil

ADPF 186 (Arguição de Descumprimento de Preceito Fundamental n.186), Federal Supreme Court, 26 April 2012.

Bulgaria

Constitutional Case No. 15 of 2010, Constitutional Court, 11 November 2010. 141

Canada

Supreme Court of Canada

Eldridge v. British Columbia (Attorney General), [1997] 3 S.C.R. 624, 1997.

Public Service Alliance of Canada v. Canada Post Corporation and Canadian Hu-man Rights Commission, 2011 SCC 57, [2011] 3 S.C.R. 572, 17 November 2011.

Colombia

Constitutional Court

Decision C-376/10, 1 November 2009.

Decision T-760, 31 July 2008.

Decision T-377/95, 24 August 1995.

Decision T-065/93, 26 February 1993.

Decision of T-051/11, Julio David Perez vs. Mayor’s Office of Monteria, File T-2650185, 4 February 2011.

Decision T-974/10, 30 November 2010.

Decision T-841, 3 November 2011.

Decision T-291/09, 29 April 2009.

Denmark

A v. Municipality of Egedal and Ministry of Labour, Supreme Court, Case 159/2009, 15 February 2012.

Egypt

Case No. 2457/64 Challenging the New Drug Pricing System, Court of Administra-tive Justice, 27 April 2010.

El Salvador

Decision 53-2005/55-2005, Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court, Feb-ruary 2013.

José Alberto Preza Hernández c. Director General de Centros Penales y la Direc-tora de la Penitenciaría Central “La Esperanza”, Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court, Decision HC 12-2012, 2012.

Fiji

Rarasea v. The State, High Court, Criminal Appeal No. HAA0027, 2000. 142

France

Lopez and Syndicat SYNPTAC-CGT v. SARL Théâtre d’Aubervilliers, Conseil de Prud’hommes de Bobigny/ Jugement de départage, 6 December 2011.

Guatemala

Cases No. 19003-2011-00638-Of.1a; No. 19003-2011-00639-Of.2a; No. 19003-2011-00637-Of.3a; No. 19003-2011-00641-Of.1, Court for the Protection of Chil-dren and Adolescents and for Adolescents in conflict with criminal law, Depart-ment of Zacapa, 2013.

Germany

Federal Constitutional Court

BverfGE 82, 60(85).

BVerfGE 87,153(169).

1 BvL 10/10, 18 July 2012.

Hong Kong

Kong Yunming v. Director of Social Welfare, Court of Final Appeal, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, FACV No. 2, 17 December 2013.

India

Supreme Court

Mohini Jain v. State of Karnataka, Writ petition No. 456, 1991.

Olga Tellis v. Bombay Municipal Corporation, Decision 3 SCC 545, 1985.

Paschim Banga Khet Mazdoor Samity & Ors v. State of West Bengal & Anor., De-cision 4 SCC 37, 1996.

People’s Union for Civil Liberties v. Union of India and others, 2 May 2003.

Sheela Barse v. Union of India and another, 4 SCC 204, 1993.

The Mumbai Kamgar Sabha, Bombay v. M/S. Abdulbhai Faizullabhai and others, Decision AIR 1976 SCC 1455, 1976.

Upenda Baxi v. State of U. P. & ors., 1982 (1) SCC 84 [502], 1983, 2 SCC 308 (1986) 4 SCC 106, AIR 1987 191.

High Court of Delhi

Bayer Corp v. Union of India, Appeal Case LPA 443/2009, 2010.

Laxmi Mandal v. Deen Dayal Harinagar Hospital & Ors, W.P.(C) Nos. 8853 of 2008, 6 April 2010.

High Court of Kerala

In the Matter of: Prison Reform Enhancements of Wages of Prisoners etc., AIR Ker 261. 143

Israel

Yated and others v. the Ministry of Education, Supreme Court, HCJ 2599/00, 14 August 2002.

Italy

Control of constitutionality – interlocutory action (Giudizio di legittimità cos-tituzionale in via incidentale, Constitutional Court, 12 December 2011.

Kenya

Patricias Asero Ochieng and 2 others v. the Attorney-general & Another, High Court, 20 April 2012.

Latvia

Case No. 2009-43-01 on Compliance of the First Part of Section 3 of State Pen-sions and State Allowance Disbursement in 2009, Constitutional Court, 21 De-cember 2009.

Mexico

Amparo No. 631/2012 (Independencia Aqueduct), Supreme Court of Justice, 8 May 2013.

Morocco

Decision 12-8-2005 (763), Tribunal Administratif d’Agadir, 2004.

Decision 59/4/2/2009-28, Moroccan Cour de Cassation, 2010.

Russian Federation

Holding N. 1320 –O-O of the Constitutional Court (Red Star Consulting LLC v. former employee), 13 October 2009.

South Africa

Constitutional Court

Bhe and Others v. Magistrate, Khayelitsha and Others; Shibi v Sithole and Oth-ers; SA Human Rights Commission and Another v President of the RSA and An-other, Case CCT 49/03, 2005 (1) SA 580 (CC) (2005), 15 October 2005.

City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality v. Blue Moonlight Properties 39 (Pty) Ltd and Another, Case CCT 37/11, 2012 (2) SA 105 (CC), 1 December 2011.

Jaftha v. Schoeman; Van Rooyen v. Stoltz, Case CCT 74/03, 2005 (2) SA 140 (CC), 8 October 2004.

Joseph v. City of Johannesburg, Case CCT 43/09, 2010 (4) SA 55 (CC), 9 October 2009. 144

Lindiwe Mazibuko & Others v. City of Johannesburg & Others case, Case CCT 39/09, 2010 (4) SA 1 (CC), 8 October 2009.

Residents of the Joe Slovo Community, Western Cape v. Thubelisha Homes and others, Case CCT 22/08, 2010 (3) SA 454 (CC), 10 June 2009.

Soobramoney v. Minister of Health, KawZulu-Natal, Case CCT 32/97, 1998 (1) SA 765 (CC), 27 November 1997.

South African Minister of Health v. Treatment Action Campaign, Case CCT 9/02, 2002 (5) SA 721, 5 July 2002.

The Government of the Republic of South Africa and others v. Irene Grootboom and others, Case CCT 11/00, 2001 (1) SA 46 (CC) (2000), 4 October 2000.

Supreme Court of Appeal

The Baphiring Community v. Tshwaranani Projects, Case 806/12, 2014 (1) SA 330 (SCA), 6 September 2013.

Western Cape High Court

Western Cape Forum for Intellectual Disability v. Government of the Republic of South Africa, Government of the Province of Western Cape, Case 18678/20072011 (5) SA 87 (WCC), 11 November 2010.

South Gauteng High Court Johannesburg

Philane Hlophe & Ors v City of Johannesburg, Executive Mayor, City Manager & Case Ors, No. 48102/2012, 2013.

Swaziland

Madeli Fakudze v. Commissioner of Police and Ors (8/2002), Supreme Court, [2002] SZSC 9, 1 June 2002.

Uganda

Advocates for Natural Resources & 2 Ors v. Attorney General & Anor, Constitu-tional Court, Constitutional petition number 40 of 2013, [2013] UGCC 10, 2013.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Pape v. Cumbria CC, Queens Bench Division, [1992] I.C.R. 132, 23 May 1991.

United States of America

Supreme Court

Meritor Sav. Bank, FSB v. Vinson, 477 U.S. 57 (1986), 19 June 1986.

US Department of Agriculture v. Moreno, 413 US 528, 25 June 1973.

State Courts

Dorothy Ann Finch and others v. Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Au-thority, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, Case No. SJC-11025, 5 January 2012. 145

John Doe et al. v. Regional School Unit 26, Maine Supreme Judicial Court, No. 7455/2001, Decision 2014 ME 11, 30 January 2014.

Park West Management Corp. v. Mitchell, Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 391 N.E.2d 1288 (N.Y. 1978), 2 May 1978.

Federal Courts

Correa v. Hospital San Francisco, 69 F.3d 1184 (1st Cir. App. 1995), Court of Ap-peals First Circuit, 31 October 1995.

Molski v. Gleich, Court of Appeal Ninth Circuit (Southern California), 307F.3d 1155, 2 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 10, 310, 2002 Daily Journal D.A.R. 11, 901, 6 Feb-ruary 2003.

Oberti v. Board of Education of the Borough of Clementon School District, Court of Appeals Third Circuit, 99 F.2d 1204 (3d Cir. 1993), 28 May 1993.

South Fork Band Council and others v. United States Department of the Interior, Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit, 3 December 2009.

International Courts and Treaty Bodies

UN Mechanisms

UN Committee against Torture

Hajrizi Dzemajl et al. v. Yugoslavia, Communication No. 161/2000, 2 December 2002.

UN Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

R.K.B. v. Turkey, Communication No. 28/2010, 24 February 2012.

Regional Mechanisms

African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights

Centre for Minority Rights Development (Kenya) and Minority Rights Group Inter-national on behalf of Endorois Welfare Council v. Kenya, African Commission of Human and Peoples’ Rights, Decision 276/2003, 25 November 2009.

SERAC and CESR v. Nigeria, African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, Communication No. 155/96, 13-27 October 2001.

European Court of Human Rights

D.H. and others v. the Czech Republic, Application No. 57325/00, Grand Chamber Judgment, 13 November 2007.

Evans v. the United Kingdom, Application No. 6339/05, 10 April 2007.

Fleri Soler and Camilleri v. Malta, Application No. 35349/05, 26 September 2006.

Ghigo v. Malta, Application No. 31122/05, 26 September 2006. 146

Handyside v. United Kingdom, Application No. 5493/72, 7 December 1976.

European Commission of Human Rights

Zammit and others v. Malta, Application No. 16756/90, 12 January 1991.

European Committee of Social Rights

European Roma Rights Centre v. Portugal, Complaint No. 61/2010, 30 June 2011.

International Association Autism-Europe v. France, Complaint No. 1/2002, 7 No-vember 2003.

International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights (INTERIGHTS) v. Greece, Complaint No. 49/2008, 11 December 2009.

International Commission of Jurists v. Portugal, Complaint No. 1/1998, 10 Sep-tember 1999.

Quaker Council for European Affairs v. Greece, Complaint No. 8/2000, 27 April 2001.

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Community Court of Justice

Hadijatou Mani Koraou v. The Republic of Niger, ECW/CCJ/JUD/06/08, 27 October 2008.

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

Amílcar Menéndez, Juan Manuel Caride, et al. (Social Security System) v. Argen-tina, Admissibility Report, case 11.670, 19 January 2001.

Jorge Odir Miranda Cortéz and others v. El Salvador, Admissibility Report 29/01, case 12.249, 7 March 2001.

Inter-American Court of Human Rights

Baena Ricardo et. Al. (270 workers) v. Panama, 2 February 2001.

Five Pensioners v. Peru, 28 February 2003.

Ituango Massacres v. Colombia, 1 July 2006.

Mapiripán Massacres v. Colombia, 15 September 2005.

Sawhoyamaxa Indigenous Community v. Paraguay, 29 March 2006.

Yakye Axa Indigenous Community v. Paraguay, 17 June 2005.

Human Rights Chamber for Bosnia and Herzegovina

Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina, CH/96/29, 11 June 1999. 147

For further cases please see the table of cases at p. 107-121 of the ICJ Justiciability Study (accessible in English, French and Spanish) at: https://www.icj.org/courts-and-the-legal-enforcement-of-economic-social-and-cultural-rights/ 148