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

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

Medically assisted heterologous procreation abroad in a married couple - Father's consent to medically assisted heterologous procreation abroad cannot be withdrawn – Rescission of paternity

Persecutory acts and stalking - Family abuse - Relationship between the offence of persecutory acts and that of family abuse when cohabitation has ceased

Sexual violence criminal offence - Woman with disabilities as victim of the criminal offence - Reliability of the woman's statements

Ill-treatment in the workplace - Repeated acts of harassment - Offence of ill-treatment also for working relationships in which the environment is comparable to a family 

Obstetric violence – Obstetricians responsible for culpably causing termination of pregnancy - Intrauterine fetal death and therefore abortion

Sexual violence criminal offence - Woman with disabilities as victim of the criminal offence - abuse of mental inferiority conditions

Obligation to provide information on the risks of continuing pregnancy - Medical liability - Failure to provide informed consent

Sexual violence and sexual acts with a minor – Regarding child sexual assault, the second interview of the offended parties must be limited to exceptional cases

Provisions of international and EU law on so-called ‘gender-based violence’ – Family abuse – Alleged victim of stalking

Italian Cassazione recognizes stepchild adoption in special cases - Adoption in ‘special cases’ is the legal instrument for the intended parent in same-sex couples - The sexual orientation of the adoptive parent is not relevant

Custody of children governed by the principle of protection of the best interests of the child - Serious conflict between the parents and the commission of offences by one against the other constitute facts that have a significant influence on the most appropriate custody regime

Sexual violence committed also in cases where it takes place between spouses – Family abuse committed in cases of deprivation of financial means

Registration in Italy of a foreign birth certificate establishing two same-sex parents – Foreign birth certificate recognizing the child has two mothers

Sexual violence committed even when someone uses violence or threats to force a prostitute to engage in non-consensual sexual intercourse - Irrelevance of the circumstance that the victim engages in prostitution as the right to respect for sexual freedom is independent of personal conditions and qualities