Maternity allowance in the event of adoption or fostering - Maternity allowance to the adoptive father in the event of renunciation by the adoptive mother - Alleged infringement of the principles of equality, protection of the family, maternity and childhood
Civil partnership – Correction of birth certificate and record by cancellation of the entry concerning the choice of surname
Inability to register in Italy same-sex marriage celebrated abroad between an Italian citizen and a foreigner - Marriage performed abroad by a same-sex couple in Italy corresponds to a civil partnership
Discrimination on grounds of sex for different maximum retirement age limit between women and men - Maximum retirement age limit for dance workers
Possibility of voluntary termination of pregnancy - Failure to inform of possible foetus’ malformations
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
Gang rape - Participation in gang rape by means of mobile phone filming - The offence of gang rape is committed even if not all members of the group commit acts of sexual violence
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
Maternity allowance - Possibility of cumulating the maternity allowance of the self-employed mother with the days off taken by the employed father
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
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”
Different treatment of women justified on maternity grounds - Prohibition of dismissal on grounds of marriage applies only to the female employee
Attempted non-consensual termination of pregnancy - Acts unequivocally aimed at terminating the pregnancy in progress by causing injury
Gang rape – Victim’s voluntary consumption of alcohol or drugs - Abuse of mental or physical inferiority
Same-sex couple – Registration in Italy of a foreign judgment attributing the parenthood to two men
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
Forced taking of the so-called ‘date rape drug’ - Sexual violence aggravated by the abuse of the victim's impaired psychophysical condition due to drug use
State's violation of the rights to a fair trial, judicial protection, humane treatment, and personal liberty underArticles 8, 25, 5 and 7 of the American Convention on Human Rights
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
State's responsibility for sexual slavery and torture - State's failure to investigate, prosecute and act quickly to rescue a young woman having been kidnapped, continually raped, tortured and kept in conditions of sexual slavery over a period of almost 4 months