Clemeno and Others v. Italy, 21 October 2008: “Taking of children in care in Italy”.

·         removal from her family and taking into care of a young girl following complaints of sexual abuse of the child, in which her father was alleged to have participated (Art. 8 ECHR) – [no violation].

·         lack of contacts between the young girl and her family during the period when the child was in care (Art. 8 ECHR) – [violation].

·         decision of the domestic courts to declare the young girl eligible for adoption (Art. 8 ECHR) – [violation].

See also O., H., W., B. and R. v. United Kingdom, 8 July 1987; Olsson v. Sweden, 24 March 1988; Eriksson v. Sweden, 22 June 1989; Margareta and Roger Andersson v. Sweden, 25 February 1992; Rieme v. Sweden, 22 April 1992; McMichael v. United Kingdom, 24 February 1995; Johansen v. Norway, 7 August 1996; Buscemi v. Italy, 16 September 1999; E.P. v. Italy, 16 November 1999; L. v. Finland, 27 April 2000; Scozzari and Giunta v. Italy, 13 July 2000; Gnahoré v. France, 19 September 2000; T. P. and K. M. v. United Kingdom, 10 May 2001; K. and T. v. Finland, 12 July 2001; Buchberger v. Austria, 20 December 2001; Kutzner v. Germany, 21 February 2002; P., C. and S. v. United Kingdom, 16 July 2002; Venema v. Netherlands, 17 December 2002; K. A. v. Finland, 14 January 2003; Covezzi and Morselli v. Italy, 9 May 2003; Haase v. Germany, 8 April 2004; Couillard Maugery v. France, 1 July 2004; Wallová and Walla v. Czech Republic, 26 October 2006; Roda and Bonfatti v. Italy, 21 November 2006; Havelka and Others v. Czech Republic, 21 June 2007; Schmidt v. France, 26 July 2007; R.K. and A.K. v. United Kingdom, 30 September 2008.