Showing posts with label Italy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Italy. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 24, 2022

European Court Upholds Custody Order Barring Father From Involving Daughter In Jehovah's Witness Practices

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In T.C. v. Italy ,  (ECHR, May 19, 2022), the European Court of Human Rights in a 5-2 Chamber Judgment upheld an Italian court's order i...
Thursday, May 28, 2020

Italian Court Upholds Lease Of Historic Abbey to Conservative Catholic Group With American Ties

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The Art Newspaper reports that in Italy in a decision published Monday, a 3-judge administrative court rejected an attempt by the Ministry o...
Thursday, April 04, 2019

Third Muslim Circumcision Death In Italy

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AP reported yesterday on the third death in Italy since December of infant or toddler boys circumcised at home by Muslim families. Apparent...
Friday, December 15, 2017

European Court Says Countries Must Recognize Same-Sex Unions Entered Abroad

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In  Orlandi and Others v. Italy ,  (ECHR, Dec. 14, 2017), the European Court of Human Rights in a Chamber Judgment, by a vote of 5-2, held t...
Thursday, November 09, 2017

Italian Artist Charged With Criminal Blasphemy

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The art blog Hyperallergic  this week reports that in Italy, the anonymous artist known as Hogre was arrested and charged with publicly insu...
Friday, May 19, 2017

Italy's Top Court Upholds Kirpan Ban

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Last Monday, Italy's Court of Cassation upheld a fine that had been imposed for carrying a kirpan in public.  According to The Local : ...
Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Italian Court Overturns Convictions For Eid al-Adha Sacrifice

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An Italian appeals court last week overturned the animal cruelty conviction of two Romanian travelers who had been fined by a lower court fo...
Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Iran's Rouhani Visits Italy; Religious Protocol Among Economic Talks

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As reported by Al Jazeera , on Monday Iran's President Hassan Rouhani arrived in Italy to begin a four-day European trip that will also ...
Monday, November 30, 2015

Italian School Head Provokes Controversy By Canceling Christmas Concert In Favor of Winter Musical In January

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With Italy's population becoming more religiously diverse, it is now facing the kind of issues regarding Christmas celebration in public...
Tuesday, September 01, 2015

European Court Upholds Italy's Ban On Donation of IVF Embryos For Scientific Research

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In Parrillo v. Italy ,  (ECHR, Aug. 27, 2015), the European Court of Human Rights in a Grand Chamber judgment held 16-1 that Italy did not v...
Thursday, July 23, 2015

European Court Holds Italy Gives Inadequate Protection To Same-Sex Couples

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In a Chamber judgment in Oliari and Others v. Italy , (ECHR, July 21, 2015), the European Court of Human Rights in a Chamber judgment awarde...
Tuesday, March 24, 2015

In Italy, Lawsuit Raises Challenge To Prayer In Schools

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New York Times reported yesterday that the continuing controversy over church-state relations in Italy is reflected in a recent lawsuit cha...
Monday, April 14, 2014

Italian Court Orders Recognition of Same-Sex Marriage Performed In New York

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In Italy for the first time last Thursday, a court ordered the recognition of a same-sex marriage.   UPI reports that a judge in Grosetto or...
Saturday, January 25, 2014

Anti-Semitic Packages and Graffiti In Italy Ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day

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Times of Israel reports that in Italy this week, just ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day which falls on January 27 ( backgrou...
Sunday, December 15, 2013

New Anti-Semitic Manifestations Reported In Europe

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New examples of anti-Semitism in Europe have made the news in recent days.   EJP reports  on the growing criticism of an anti-Semitic Christ...