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

Sexual violence criminal offence - Failure to object to sexual intercourse with the spouse, during cohabitation, does not constitute an attenuating circumstance if it is proved that the offended party has suffered such intercourse as a result of the violence and threats repeatedly made against her

Persecutory acts – Family abuse - Absorption of the offence of persecutory acts into the offence of ill-treatment even when cohabitation has ceased depending on the nature of the relationship between the defendant and the injured party

Explantation of oocytes from the ovaries of a sedated and coerced woman - Non-consensual procurement of oocytes by medical personnel constitutes robbery 

Ban on surrogacy in Italy - Use of surrogacy in other countries that allow it - Impossibility of prosecuting the criminal offence in Italy

Medically assisted procreation – Refusal of the civil registrar to name the intended mother together with the biological mother

Discrimination against women - Recruitment requirements in contrast to the principle of equality not taking into account the existence of the height difference generally found between men and women

Refusal of the civil registrar to name in child’s birth certificate both women as mothers - Child conceived by medically assisted heterologous procreation and born abroad

Ban on surrogacy – Recognition of the relationship with the intended parent – Referral to Corte Costituzionale that will rule on the recognition of a child born abroad through surrogacy

Lack of legal recognition of the filiation relationship between a child born abroad through surrogacy and the intended parent – Refusal to register in Italy foreign order

Medically assisted reproduction, post-mortem homologous fertilization – Birth certificate establishing the paternity of the deceased father - Consent is decisive for the attribution of parenthood

Sexual violence criminal offence - Sexual violence committed by a doctor against a young patient - Applicability of the aggravating circumstance of abuse of authority

Alternative medicine practitioner, osteopathy - Patient's consent required if medical treatment is invasive of the sexual sphere - Sexual violence committed where the patient has not been informed in advance

Relationship between the offence of aggravated murder and persecutory acts - Offence of persecutory acts not absorbed by that of aggravated murder

The offence of sexual violence is committed in the case of a forced kiss on the lips - Qualification of the kiss on the mouth as a ‘sexual act’ even in the case of mere lip contact - Kissing as an act of erotic value

Obstetric violence – Obstetrician’s carelessness, negligence and inexperience cause the death of the delivered foetus – Foetus’ death by perinatal asphyxia may be classified as manslaughter or miscarriage depending on the onset of labour and the achievement of foetal autonomy

Registration in Italy of foreign judgment regarding same-sex couple's adoption of child - Italian legislator does not approve same-sex couples' adoption

Gang rape - The offence of gang rape is committed even if not all members of the group commit acts of sexual violence - The prior agreement of the participants is not required in gang rape offence