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Covezzi and Morselli v. Italy

Covezzi and Morselli v. Italy    [  ] COVEZZI and MORSELLI v. ITALY Right to a fair trial – admissible Article 6, Section 1 Right to respect for family life – admissible Article 8 Right to an effective remedy – admissible Article 13 Parents deprived of all contact with their four children as a result of court decisions ordering placement of the children in four different homes On  January  a Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights unani- mously declared admissible the application in the case of Covezzi and Morselli v. Italy . Summary of the facts The applicants are a married couple who have four minor children. One of their children’s cousins gave a statement to the public prosecutor alleging that she, her brother and her cousins had been subjected to sexual abuse by her parents and other adults, including the applicants’ parents. In November  , without hear- ing evidence from the applicants, the youth court found that the applicants had neglected their parental duties by failing to notice that their children had been subjected to repeated sexual abuse and by continuing to let them stay with their grandparents. Consequently, it ordered the removal of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Human Rights Case Digest Brill

Covezzi and Morselli v. Italy

Human Rights Case Digest , Volume 13 (1-2): 167 – Jan 1, 2002

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Brill
Copyright
© 2002 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0965-934X
eISSN
1571-8131
DOI
10.1163/157181302760446573
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Abstract

   [  ] COVEZZI and MORSELLI v. ITALY Right to a fair trial – admissible Article 6, Section 1 Right to respect for family life – admissible Article 8 Right to an effective remedy – admissible Article 13 Parents deprived of all contact with their four children as a result of court decisions ordering placement of the children in four different homes On  January  a Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights unani- mously declared admissible the application in the case of Covezzi and Morselli v. Italy . Summary of the facts The applicants are a married couple who have four minor children. One of their children’s cousins gave a statement to the public prosecutor alleging that she, her brother and her cousins had been subjected to sexual abuse by her parents and other adults, including the applicants’ parents. In November  , without hear- ing evidence from the applicants, the youth court found that the applicants had neglected their parental duties by failing to notice that their children had been subjected to repeated sexual abuse and by continuing to let them stay with their grandparents. Consequently, it ordered the removal of

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Human Rights Case DigestBrill

Published: Jan 1, 2002

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