OBSERVATORY OF LAW AND PLURALISM

Refusal to register a cultural association that describes itself as a national minority organization.

The contribution concerns a recent ruling by the Italian Constitutional Court about unrecognized associations. In particular, the Council was called upon to rule on the constitutional legitimacy of Article 2491, No. 7, of the Civil Code, in the part in which it does not provide for the suspension of the statute of limitations between unrecognized associations and their administrators, while they are in office, for liability actions against them. The constitutional judges considered the question to be well-founded, ruling that the rationale for the suspension is not linked to the legal personality of the entity.

The Italian law protecting motherhood and fatherhood, ensuring equal treatment in employment and working conditions, and balancing professional and family life, violates the principle of substantive equality.

Exemption regime from Municipal property tax (ICI) used for religious or cult purposes and partly for other purposes