Order of the Court of Bologna, I Civil Section, No. 4441 of 3 August 2016

The Court of Bologna ascertained that a Nigerian woman victim of domestic violence in her country of origin was entitled to international humanitarian protection in Italy, in accordance with Articles 19.1 and 5.6 of legislative decree No. 286 of 1998, “Consolidated Text on Immigration”. The Court grounded its decision, inter alia, on the consideration that there is no certainty about the existence in Nigeria of adequate and effective remedies for repressing violence crimes against women.