Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: European Court of human rights

Date: 09/25/2012

Subject: The decision on confidentiality of information concerning a child's origins in the adoption proceeding: according to the Court, the Italian legal system does not take account of the child's interests, since the legislation, in cases where the mother has decided not to disclose her identity, did not allow a child, who had not been formally recognised at birth and was subsequently adopted, to request both information about his or her origins and the disclosure of the birth mother’s identity

Parties: Godelli c. Italia

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 7 Privacy