2003

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2001 (Ju) No. 1066

The plaintiff exercised her right under Japanese law to reduce her working hours to spend time taking care of her child. The internal policy of her employer stated that employees who did not attend work for 90% or more of work days are ineligible for a bonus. The plaintiff’s employer counted the plaintiff’s shortened working days as absences and refused to pay her a bonus. The plaintiff sued her company for a bonus.

Democratic Republic of Congo v. Republics of Burundi, Rwanda, and Uganda

The armed forces of Burundi, Rwanda, and Uganda engaged in systematic violence against the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo (the DRC). As part of that violence, approximately 2,000 HIV-positive Rwandan and Ugandan soldiers raped Congolese women and young girls in order to spread AIDS to the Congolese population. The DRC brought the complaint asserting, among other things, that the mass rape and deliberate infection of women and girls with HIV constituted a violation of human rights under the African Charter.

K.L. v. Peru

A 17 year old was diagnosed with an anencephalic fetus. Her hospital physician recommended a lawful therapeutic abortion, but the hospital director refused, forcing her to carry to term. The newborn died four days after birth, and the 17 year old suffered severe physical and psychological harm. Peru offered no effective administrative or judicial remedy and did not cooperate before the Committee.

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