Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts: Supreme Courts (Italy) - Corte di Cassazione

Date: 07/07/2008

Subject: A judicial decision cannot be influenced by the social condition of the accused, since all citizens are equal before the law, without discrimination according to sex, race, language, religion, political opinions, personal and social conditions, and such equality is guaranteed to all human beings by the Declaration of Human Rights and the European Charter.

Original language: Italian

Classification: Equality - Art. 20 Equality - Art. 21 Non discrimination

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