Italy
2026
- 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
JANUARY 21, 2011ItalyDEATH PENALTYHANDS OFF CAIN: EXCELLENT DECISION BY HOSPIRA TO CEASE PRODUCTION OF SODIUM THIOPENTAL FOR LETHAL INJECTIONS
Hands Off Cain, the Radical Association which campaigned to prevent sodium thiopental (a drug used
- JANUARY 18, 2011ItalyDEATH PENALTY
USA - Connecticut. Benedetto Cipriani, extradited from Italy, was beaten by his cellmate and is in critical condition
USA - Connecticut. Benedetto Cipriani, extradited from Italy, was beaten by his cellmate and is in critical condition
JANUARY 8, 2011ItalyDEATH PENALTYILLINOIS: HANDS OFF CAIN APPEAL FOR THE SUSPENSION OF GEORGE RYAN'S SENTENCE
“We appeal to your sense of humanity and ask for a moratorium on the six and a half year sentence of ex Illinois Governor George Ryan, half of which he has already served, so that he can be at the bedside of his dying wife Lura,” the Hands Off Cain direct
- JANUARY 1, 2011ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Italy became totally abolitionist in 1994, when the death penalty was abolished from the Military Codes.
Italy became totally abolitionist in 1994, when the death penalty was abolished from the Military Codes.
DECEMBER 22, 2010ItalyDEATH PENALTYITALY: THE CHAMBERS APPROVES ZAMPARUTTI MOTION AGAINST PENTOTAL EXPORTATION FOR LETHAL INJECTION
today, the Chamber of Deputies approved the motion presented by Radical parliamentarian
- DECEMBER 20, 2010ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALIAN HOSPIRA AFFILIATE GUARANTEE ON PENTOTAL
the Italian heads of American company Hospira have made themselves widely available to collaborate with Italian authorities, accepting that the production and sale of Pentotal will be exclusively authorised for medical purposes.
- DECEMBER 20, 2010ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HANDS OFF CAIN: MINISTER FRATTINI ACTS ON PENTOTAL
"We take satisfaction in the commitment by minister Franco Frattini to stop the Pe
- DECEMBER 13, 2010ItalyDEATH PENALTY
MINISTER FRATTINI ACTS TO STOP PENTOTAL PRODUCED IN ITALY FROM ENDING UP IN LETHAL INJECTION
Foreign Minister Franco Frattini today met with members from Hands Off Cain and the Sant’Egidio Community to find a solution, with respect to free trade, to prevent pentotal produced in Italy for ending up, directly or indirectly, in jails in the United S
DECEMBER 10, 2010ItalyDEATH PENALTYGHANA: HANDS OFF CAIN MISSION FOR ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY CONCLUDES
the Hands Off Cain mission for the abolition of the death penalty in Ghana concluded. The mission was also to convince the country to vote favourably for the pro moratorium resolution in discussion at the United Nations.
DECEMBER 9, 2010ItalyDEATH PENALTYGHANA: HANDS OFF CAIN MISSION FOR DEATH PENALTY ABOLITION
After the missions in Zambia, Mali and Congo-Brazaville, the Hands Off Cain campaign for the abolition of the death penalty in Africa continues in Ghana.
- DECEMBER 2, 2010ItalyDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY: D’ELIA ON HOSPIRA CLARIFICATION, “NO GUARANTEE THAT PENTOTAL PRODUCED IN ITALY WON'T BE USED FOR LETHAL INJECTION
Daniel Rosenberg, manager of Hospira in Lake Forest (Illinois), confirmed in a
DECEMBER 2, 2010ItalyDEATH PENALTYHANDS OFF CAIN: LETHAL INJECTION IN USA WITH PENTOTAL PRODUCED IN ITALY
the order to produce Sodium Thiopental destined for US jails arrived directly from the American headquarters, based in Lake Forrest, Illinois, the dossier 'Lethal Trade' presented today in Rome by Hands Off Cain and Reprieve denounced.