Italy
2026
STATUSAbolitionist
EXECUTIONS 20260
SENTENCES0
- GOVERNMENT
- parliamentary republic
- CONSTITUTION
- January 1, 1948; amended several times
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on civil law; the Constitutional Court can review certain legislative texts
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, Chamber of Deputies and Senate
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Constitutional Court (15 judges, one third appointed by the Head of State, one third elected by Parliament, one third by the judiciary)
RELIGIONS
90% Catholics, 10% others
From the country
- DECEMBER 11, 2025ItalyDEATH BY PUNISHMENT
ITALY - On World Human Rights Day, HoC is in Perugia
Meeting in the Great Hall of the University for Foreigners
- NOVEMBER 28, 2025ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY - CITIES FOR LIFE 2025: the Colosseum lights up against the death penalty
- NOVEMBER 27, 2025ItalyDEATH PENALTY
GLOBAL - How many women are in prison or on death row around the world?
At least 730.000
NOVEMBER 13, 2025ItalyDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA - Update on the case of Tundu Lissu
Political leader on death row in Tanzania
- NOVEMBER 2, 2025ItalyDEATH PENALTY
TANZANIA - Update on the case of Tundu Lissu, a political leader who is on death row in Tanzania. Plus, a glimpse of Africa
Italian schoolchildren are stranded in Tanzania due to post-election unrest
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2025ItalyDEATH BY PUNISHMENT
ITALY - Hands off Cain in Venice 2025
“The Human Rights Barrier”
SEPTEMBER 3, 2025ItalyDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA - Update on the situation of Tundu Lissu
Lissu's vicissitudes brought to the Venice Film Festival
- AUGUST 31, 2025ItalyDEATH BY PUNISHMENT
ITALY - Humand rights at the Venice Film Festival
- AUGUST 28, 2025ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Tanzania - Free Tundu Lissu
The leader of Chadema is on death row: who will save the man who dreams of a different Tanzania?
- JULY 30, 2025ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Tanzania - Update on the Tundu Lissu affair
- JUNE 26, 2025ItalyDEATH PENALTY
2025 WORLD DRUG DAY
HoC signs the collective statement
JUNE 16, 2025ItalyDEATH PENALTYUSA - Antonio Veronese updates us on the case of John Huggins
John Huggins, 63, White, on death row in Florida