Alcune osservazioni sull’effettività del principio delle pari opportunità

Observations on the principle of equal opportunities effectiveness The aim of this brief paper is to analyse the path to achieving gender balance (provided by Art. 51 of the Italian Constitution) in the Italian constitutional system. Departing from the Italian Constitutional Court judgement no. 4/2010, various Italian administrative court decisions will be examined. In addition, the recent Italian State Council judgement no. 4294/2021 will also be analysed: it declared that the gender balance principle is immediately mandatory and it does not need to be given legal effect by Parliament.