Participation of the gestational mother in the trial for the recognition of the foreign order concerning the registration of non-biological parent (the so-called intended parent) in the birth certificate of a child born abroad through surrogacy
Family abuse - Insulting, denigrating and violent behaviour leading to a constant climate of tension and fear within the domestic environment - Failure to object to sexual intercourse with one's spouse for fear of even more detrimental consequences does not constitute a mitigating factor
Sexual violence criminal offence - For the aggravating circumstance referred to in Article 609 ter(1)(2) of the criminal code to be applicable, the use of alcoholic or narcotic substances must depend on a giving carried out or facilitated by the defendant and whose purpose must be the performance of sexual acts
Family abuse - Exclusion of the extenuating circumstance of provocation in the offence of family abuse - Incompatibility of the extenuating circumstance of provocation with an offence including a habitual behaviour
Violation of women’s right to self-determination relating to termination of pregnancy – Compensation for so-called ‘damage from unwanted birth’ due to a doctor's error Requirements to perform therapeutic abortion – Failure to inform of possible foetus’ malformations
Sexual violence criminal offence - Deposition of the offended person in the current procedural system - Subjective credibility and reliability of the narration
Recognition of international protection - Gender-based violence as one of the offences expressly envisaged for the purposes of granting refugee status - Acts specifically directed against a gender
Conscientious objection - Voluntary termination of pregnancy - Pharmacological abortion
Recognition of humanitarian and international protection - Pregnant women are vulnerable - Verification of the applicant's ‘vulnerable’ status for the purposes of granting a residence permit for humanitarian reasons
Lawful dismissal in case of conviction for private violence and telephone harassment
Surrogacy – Registration in Italy of a born-by-surrogacy child’s foreign birth certificate
The offence of sexual violence is committed even in the absence of physical contact with the victim - Sexual acts with a minor - Threats to coerce a minor into exchanging sexually explicit selfies and messages
Sexual violence and abuse of authority - Abuse of authority constitutes a position of supremacy to force the passive subject to perform or be subjected to sexual acts
Equal treatment - Discrimination in the workplace on grounds of sexual orientation - Right not to be discriminated against on grounds of sexual orientation
Gang rape - Participation in gang rape video recording - The offence of gang rape is committed even if not all members of the group commit acts of sexual violence
Family abuse – Family abuse is not committed in the case of a recently started relationship and occasional cohabitation
Attempted sexual violence - Relationship between the offence of persecutory acts and attempted aggravated murder - Circumstances such as to provoke a persistent state of anxiety in the victim and fear for her own safety and her relatives and cohabitants’ one, thus affecting her modus vivendi and the overall psychological state
Sexual violence - Bottom groping – Sexual violence is committed also in the case of insidiously rapid performance of the criminal action such as to surprise the victim and overcome her contrary will, thus making it impossible for her to defend herself
Stalking - Publication of merely mocking posts on a Facebook page accessible to anyone does not constitute persecutory acts and, if it falls within the limits of the legitimate freedom of thought and the right to criticism, it is legitimate - The state of anxiety engendered by invasive communications in the private sphere must be triggered for the crime of stalking to be established
Sexual violence and family abuse - Absorption of the offence of family abuse from the offence of sexual violence only when there is a full coincidence between the conduct, meaning that the damaging acts are exclusively aimed at and instrumental to the sexual violence