13729, CSC, 22/11/2018
Court: Corte Suprema di Cassazione
 | 2018

Sexual violence and sexual acts with a minor – Regarding sexual violence, the attenuating circumstance of the lesser seriousness of the act cannot be excluded by the mere consideration of the repetition of the illicit conduct by the defendant

2070, CSC, 29/01/2018
Court: Corte Suprema di Cassazione
 | 2018

Compensation for so-called ‘damage from unwanted birth’ due to a doctor's error - Erroneous performance of pregnancy termination surgery - Violation of parents' freedom of self-determination

23530, CSC, 19/01/2018
Court: Corte Suprema di Cassazione
 | 2018

Stalking – Within stalking acts, possibility of deriving evidence of psychological disturbance from the victim's statements - Causing in the offended person a serious and enduring state of anxiety or fear

26663, CSC, 22/10/2018
Court: Corte Suprema di Cassazione
 | 2018

Principle of non-discrimination - Directive 2006/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006: “it is also appropriate to make express provision for the protection of the employment rights of women on maternity leave and in particular their right to return to the same or an equivalent post, to suffer no detriment in their terms and conditions as a result of taking such leave and to benefit from any improvement in working conditions to which they would have been entitled during their absence”

47801, CSC, 05/10/2018
Court: Corte Suprema di Cassazione
 | 2018

Doctor’s criminal liability - Pregnancy at risk and culpable injury caused to the newborn child during delivery - Gynecologist and obstetricians’ possible co-responsibility in overlooking signs of fetal distress

Cuscul Pivaral et al. v. Guatemala, IACtHR, Series C No. 359, 23/08/2018
Court: Inter-American Court of Human Rights
 | 2018

State's violation of the rights to health, life, personal integrity, judicial process, and non-discrimination of 49 people diagnosed with HIV between 1992 and 2003, and of the right to personal integrity of several family members - State's violation of its duty to provide available, accessible, and quality healthcare 

Ramírez Escobar et al. v. Guatemala, IACtHR, Series C No. 351, 09/03/2018
Court: Inter-American Court of Human Rights
 | 2018

Absence of proper institutional oversight over and inadequate regulation of adoption procedures – Decision to separate children from their biological family based on discriminatory justifications regarding their economic situation, gender-based stereotypes about parental responsibilities and their grandmother’s sexual orientation

V. R. P., V. P. C. et al. v. Nicaragua, IACtHR, Series C No. 350, 08/03/2018
Court: Inter-American Court of Human Rights
 | 2018

In cases of violence against children and adolescents, States have a reinforced duty of due diligence requiring the adoption of special protection measures and the development of a procedure adapted to their needs - The State has conducted a revictimised investigation - State's failure to provide a multidisciplinary care and treatment to ensure the coordination of the different State agencies to protect children and adolescents

Women Victims of Sexual Torture in Atenco v. Mexico, IACtHR, Series C No. 371, 28/11/2018
Court: Inter-American Court of Human Rights
 | 2018

Excessive, indiscriminate and unwarranted use of force by the police, verbally, physically and sexually abusing eleven women during violent clashes between state and federal police and protesters - Widespread use of sexual violence against female protesters as a tactic of social control aimed at intimidating and silencing the women amounts to torture - Gender stereotypes and biases in the domestic authorities’ response including that women were lying and they should have stayed home cooking and taking care of their children