Jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of decisions in matrimonial matters and the matters of parental responsibility – Application for return of a child of a young age whose parents have joint custody – Transfer of the child and his mother to the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection under Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 (Dublin III))
Judge Rapporteur: M. J.–C. Bonichot
Birth certificate issued by that Member State mentioning two mothers in respect of that child – Refusal by the Member State of origin of one of those two mothers to issue a birth certificate for the child in the absence of information as to the identity of the child’s biological mother – Persons of the same sex not recognised as parents under the national legislation of that Member State of origin
Judge Rapporteur: M. Ilešič
Equal pay for male and female workers – Claims seeking equal pay for work of equal value – Workers of different sex having the same employer
Judge Rapporteur: T. von Danwitz
Social policy, equal treatment for men and women in matters of social security – Directive 79/7/EEC – Article 4(1), Voluntary early retirement, Early retirement pension, Requirement for the pension amount to be received to be at least as much as the legal minimum amount – Proportion of workers of each sex excluded from the benefit of early retirement, justification of a potential particular disadvantage to female workers
Judge Rapporteur: F. Biltgen
Distinction between male and female educational staff - Alleged unreasonable violation of the principle of non-discrimination on grounds of gender
Out-of-wedlock child’s surname - Automatic attribution of the father’s surname – Alleged violation of the right to personal identity and the principle of equality, also with regard to European and supranational obligations
Status of child born (in Italy) through recourse to heterologous medically assisted reproduction (MAP), carried out by a female couple – Possibility of granting the status of child recognised also by the intentional mother, where the conditions for ‘‘adoption in special cases’’ are not fulfilled even though the courts have established that such recognition would be in the interests of the child
Foreign decree recognising the parental relationship between a child born abroad as a result of surrogacy and the “intended parent” – Current lack of protection for the interests of the child
Persecutory acts and stalking – Publication of social media posts causing the creation of an intimidating and hostile climate capable of compromising victim’s peace of mind and psychological freedom
Custody of minors, children of unmarried parents, governed by the principle of protection of the best interests of the child - ‘Super-exclusive’ custody of the minor daughter to the father - Mother suffering from the so-called ‘malevolent mother’ syndrome
Distinction between persecutory acts and harassment - Persecutory acts cause the victim a persistent and severe state of anxiety or alteration of his or her life habits - Harassment as acts aimed at annoying the victim
Using the derogatory epithets ‘frocio’ and ‘disgusting’ against a person constitutes defamation - Injury to personal identity - Prohibition of discrimination
Human trafficking - Profiting from the victims' situation of vulnerability, physical and psychological inferiority and need - Exploitation of prostitution and exposure of victims to serious danger to life and bodily harm
Verification of indirect gender discrimination by the employer in the selection process for economic development - Actual disadvantage to female workers
Family abuse - Repeated acts of physical or moral harassment – Family abuse criminal offence also applies to working relationships in which, due to the small number of people and the limited space, the environment is comparable to a family
Registration in Italy of child’s - conceived through recourse to heterologous medically assisted reproduction - foreign birth certificate – Italian intentional mother and foreign biological mother – Parent’s gender identity cannot justify deterrent treatment of child
Same-sex couple - Refusal of the civil registrar to name in child’s birth certificate also the intended mother
Prohibition on correction of the birth certificate of a child born in Italy but conceived through recourse, by two women, to heterologous procreation abroad - Prohibition on naming in the birth certificate also the intended mother
Right to conscious and responsible procreation and self-determination - Termination of pregnancy permissible only in cases provided for by law where there is a danger to pregnant woman’s health or life - The mere existence of malformations of the foetus not affecting woman’s life or health does not permit access to abortion
Irrelevant cultural motive in cases of denial of fundamental goods and rights as configured by the constitutional framework - Assignment of minor daughter for payment of the so-called ‘bride price”