The issue focused on the practice of putting children in hot cars to prevent them from burning to death.


On 26 August 2011, the European Court of Human Rights issued a judgment in the case of Magma v. Italy. The decision came after the Supreme Court of Italy issued a ruling in 2011 and held that an Italian court had no jurisdiction to hear the case. The Court found that the practice of putting children in hot cars for the purpose of preventing them from burning to death was not in violation of international law