OBSERVATORY OF LAW AND PLURALISM

The State is responsible for the failure to recognize and protect the traditional territory of Afro-descendant tribal communities, for the violation of their rights to collective property, to prior consultation, to dignified living conditions, and to protection against structural discrimination.

The Italian Court of Cassation has examined once again the issue of assigning a child the mother’s surname, in light of Constitutional Court judgment No. 131/2022. It held that, in the event of disagreement between parents exercising parental responsibility, the applications to change a minor’s surname fall within the jurisdiction of the ordinary courts, which are required to assess the interest of the child.

The provisions on international adoptions that do not allow unmarried persons resident in Italy to adopt foreign children in a state of abandonment are unconstitutional.