Published on 16 December 2024
 
FIRST SECTION
Application no. 53205/20
Giancarla DE ANGELIS
against Italy
lodged on 20 November 2020
communicated on 26 November 2024
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE
The applicant was placed under house arrest on 24 August 2020. On 7 September 2020 she lodged a request with the Rome court responsible for the execution of sentences (tribunale di sorveglianza – “the Rome Court”) seeking leave from house arrest in order to attend a mass commemorating the death of her daughter thirty days after her passing (messa di trigesimo), which was to take place on 18 September 2020. The applicant alleges that the Rome Court never replied to her request. She complains that such a failure to reply, which made it impossible for her to attend the mass, entailed a breach of her rights under Article 9 of the Convention.
QUESTION TO THE PARTIES
Has there been a violation of the applicant’s freedom of religion set forth in Article 9 of the Convention on account of the Rome Court’s failure to reply to her request to attend the mass commemorating the death of her daughter?