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B. 142. XXIII. 13 ORIGINARIO Badín, Rubén y otros c/ Buenos Aires, Provincia de s/ daños y perjuicios. -//- incs. a, b, c y d; 7°, 9°, 22, 37 y 38 de la ley 21.839, se regulan los honorarios de la doctora Marta Susana Ginesta en la suma de seis mil ochocientos pesos ($ 6.800), por la dirección letrada y representación de Rubén Badín; en la de seis mil ochocientos pesos ($ 6.800), por la dirección letrada y representación de Mercedes Meroka y en la de quince mil setecientos pesos ($ 15.700), por la dirección letrada y representación de Hilda María Flores Miranda de Ruiz y de su hija. Notifíquese, devuélvanse los expediente acompañados y, oportunamente, archívese. JULIO S. NAZARENO - EDUARDO MOLINE O'CONNOR - AUGUSTO CESAR BELLUSCIO - ENRIQUE SANTIAGO PETRACCHI - RICARDO LEVENE (H) - ANTONIO BOGGIANO - GUILLERMO A. F. LOPEZ - GUSTAVO A. BOSSERT (en disidencia parcial). ES COPIA DISI-//-

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Badín et al. v. Provincia de Buenos Aires

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Right to adequate standard of living

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Supreme Court of Justice of Argentina

Date: Oct 19, 1995

Summary: On May 5, 1990, a fire started in a correction facility, killing 35 detainees. The appellants sustain that whatever the reasons, the responsibility of the state was evident, since there was a lack of sufficient means to counter the fire, and the presence and use of inflammable polyurethane mattresses. The appellants complained that the authorities could not save the detainees, and such fact makes moot the issue of the cause of the fire, for purposes of establishing liability. The province resisted the challenge and sustained that there were no fallacies in the infrastructure of the facility. Reports of the chief of the facility showed that there was an extreme lack of security mechanisms and the overall precarious situation of the structure. Furthermore, the employed personnel had no specific training, but only a basic knowledge of fire containment. In addition, the facility hosted 3,000 detainees, well above the overall allowed capacity of 1,000. The court found that it was not the first time that it had to deal with deficient structures of correction facilities in the past. Relatively to the case at hand the report of the firefighters acknowledged the precarious conditions of the electric system and of the flammable mattresses, while expert opinions underlined the fact that there were no emergency exits in the structure, and there was an insufficient fire suppression system, and personnel was incapable of managing that and similar emergencies. There had been no fire drill of the structure. Episodes of corruption had been denounced by families, in addition to administrative mismanagement. The rights of the detainees were subject to the corrupted subjugation of personnel. The court ruled in the favour of the plaintiffs, considering the duties of the State to guarantee re-insertion and human dignity essential for the well-being of society.

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