On 19 and 20 May, the Department for the Execution of Judgments participated in a seminar, organised in Naples by the Italian School of the Judiciary (Scuola Superiore della Magistratura), focusing on the effective implementation of the ECHR judgments against Italy in the field of child adoption (Zhou group of cases), children’s placement in foster care (R.V. and Others) and non-implementation of judicial decisions regulating parents’ visiting rights (Terna group of cases).
The seminar provided a useful opportunity for dialogue and experience-sharing aimed at identifying viable and effective solutions to the shortcomings highlighted by the European Court’s judgments and the Committee of Ministers’ decisions, including through the application by all national courts concerned of existing Convention-compliant good practices. The event, which launched the “Strasbourg Workshop Project” of thematic seminars on the European Convention on Human Rights, also responded to the invitation addressed in March 2022 by the Committee of Ministers to the Italian authorities to intensify their action to secure the definite incorporation of the relevant Court’s case law by juvenile courts and social services, including by pursuing enhanced decentralised trainings and developing procedural guidelines and good practices (see CM/Del/Dec(2022)1428/H46-17).
The seminar was attended by presidents of juvenile and ordinary courts and magistrates of the Court of Cassation, the Judge in respect of Italy at the European Court, and representatives from the Permanent Representation of Italy to the Council of Europe, the Ministry of Justice and social services.
