ECHR 2010/1 Case of Ada Rossi and others v. Italy, 16 December 2008, no. 55185/08, 55483/08, 55516/08, 55519/08, 56010/08, 56278/08, 58420/08 and 58424/08 (second section). Legal cases.

摘要

The applicants are six Italian nationals, represented by their guardians, six Italian associations whose membership consists of the relatives and friends of severely disabled persons and of doctors, psychologists and lawyers who assist the persons concerned, and also a human rights association.In January 1992, as the result of head injuries sustained in a road-traffic accident, E.E., a 20-year-old woman, fell into a coma. Her condition subsequently developed into a vegetative state with spastic tetraplegia and loss of all higher cognitive function.