Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: European Court of human rights

Date: 01/27/2015

Subject: The decision on the placement in social-service care of a nine-month-old child, who was born in Russia following a gestational surrogacy contract: the Court found that, in spite of the absence of any biological relationship between the baby and the couple, the conditions that justified the removal of the baby had not been met and therefore it stated the violation of the Convention

Parties: Paradiso e Campanelli c. Italia

Classification: Equality - Art. 24 Children’s rights