The Regional Administrative Court (TAR) of Veneto has issued a new ruling against the municipality of Zoldo Valley, in northern Italy, for non-compliance with a final court decision related to the recognition of Italian citizenship. jure sanguinisThe case involves five Italian-Brazilians, represented in court by the lawyer... Isabel de Lima.
The decision was published on January 14, 2026, and concerns a case of administrative recidivism on the part of the head of the municipal executive branch. Camillo De PellegrinThe mayor has been an active voice against recognizing Italian citizenship for descendants residing abroad.
Val di Zoldo was previously convicted In another situation involving the non-compliance with court decisions of the same nature, he said: "It's pointless to continue, the law is on their side."
Failure to comply with decision
Even after the judgment became final, formal notification was given, and the necessary documentation was submitted, the Comune di Val di Zoldo failed to carry out the mandatory registrations, transcriptions, and annotations in the civil registry.
Faced with administrative inaction, the interested parties filed a specific lawsuit to compel compliance with the court decision.
The municipality of Val di Zoldo and the Ministry of the Interior, although duly summoned, did not appear in the proceedings, which were judged in absentia.
Deadline and commissioner to act
The TAR (Regional Administrative Court) ruled that the Ministry of the Interior and the municipal civil registrar must fully comply with the sentence within 90 days.
If the deadline is not met, the TAR has already appointed the mayor of Belluno as commissioner. to act, with powers to directly execute the acts necessary to comply with the decision.
Costs and confidentiality
The procedural expenses were offset between the parties. The court, however, ordered the restitution of the unified contribution (court fee) to the applicants, with direct allocation to the responsible lawyer.
The ruling also ordered the concealment of the authors' personal data, stipulating that identifiable information should not be publicly disclosed.
