In 2010, a UN Resolution explicitly recognized the human right to water and sanitation (HRtWS). But has this international recognition improved ...

Although Costa Rica has no explicit constitutional right to health, its constitutional chamber of the Supreme Court (Sala IV) has become increasingly ...

Costa Rica and Colombia, two of the earliest Latin American countries to protect many LGBT rights, attempted to amplify those rights and litigate ...

This chapter tracks Costa Rica’s long transition from a particularistic to a universal ethical society using a process-tracing methodology. ...

In spite of the economic and social policy successes of Latin America’s longest surviving democracy, corruption has become a major problem ...

In response to the incremental creation of an expansive constitutional right to health in Costa Rica, the country’s rights-friendly constitutional ...

The Costa Rica's Constitutional Court, is the titel of Bruce Wilson's seminar at CMI.There is little dispute that Costa Rica has experienced both a judicial and more specifically a "rights revolution" in the last 15 years. The creation of a new constitutional chamber of the Supreme Court in 1989 created a legal opportunity for virtually every sector of society to seek legal redress and have their constitutional rights enforced or protected.

Alicia Ely Yamin and Siri Gloppen, the authors of the new book Litigating Health Rights, opens the Global Health Challenges week with a book launch of their book on health right litigation in Costa Rica, South Africa, India, Brazil, Argentina and Colombia.

Costa Rica: Understanding variations in compliance Bruce M. Wilson and Olman A. Rodríguez L. Malcolm

Feminists and religious conservatives across the globe have increasingly turned to courts in their battles over abortion. Yet while a significant ...

Water is essential to all aspects of human life. It is vital for public health, an essential component of national and local economies and a ...

Claiming Individual Rights through a Constitutional Court: The Example of Gays in Costa Rica Bruce

Este informe ofrece un panorama de los desafíos que mujeres indígenas en América Latina enfrentan cuando acceden a la justicia ...

Assessing the impact of health rights litigation: A comparative analysis of Argentina, Brazil, Col

Muitos países na América Latina e noutras partes do mundo estão seguindo em direção a uma maior responsabilização ...

La justicia postransicional se inició en el Cono Sur de América Latina a mediados de la década de 1990 y gradualmente se ...

Este libro es producto de un esfuerzo colectivo por hacer un diagnostic crítico de los estudios sobre el derecho en América Latina ...

In a surprising turn of events, a “rainbow revolution” has blossomed in Latin America. In spite of the region’s long history ...

The general election in Costa Rica, February 2010 Bruce Wilson, Juan Carlos Rodriguez-Cordero Elect

What role can and do courts play in protecting the interests and rights of vulnerable groups? Why do some marginalized groups succeed in having their rights recognized by the courts, while others fail?