Witchcraft and Asylum: Italian Judges Innovatively Engaging in Anthropological Investigation to Ascertain a Witch-Child’s Mother’s Risk of Persecution
by Silvia Carta
Question(s) at stake
Whether the risk of persecution for being the mother of a witch-child provides grounds for asylum.
Outcome of the ruling
The Turin Court grants the appeal and declares that the applicant is entitled to refugee status for being the mother of a witch-child.
Country:
Official citation
Ordinary Court Turin, Decree of 3 February 2020, No. 741 (Tribunale Ordinario di Torino, Decreto del 3 febbraio 2020, n. 741)
Topic(s)
Keywords:
Real Risk of persecution Gender based persecution International protection Refugee status
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Bibliographic information
Carta, Silvia (2025):
Witchcraft and Asylum: Italian Judges Innovatively Engaging in Anthropological Investigation to Ascertain a Witch-Child’s Mother’s Risk of Persecution,
Department of Law and Anthropology, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle (Saale), Germany,
CUREDI092IT004, https://doi.org/10.48509/CUREDI092IT004.