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
FEBRUARY 24, 2010ItalyDEATH PENALTYITALY TO SEEK NEW UN RESOLUTION TO HALT DEATH PENALTY
Italy is preparing a new resolution at the United Nations to abolish capital punishment worldwide
FEBRUARY 15, 2010ItalyDEATH PENALTYITALY TO UN ON IRAN EXECUTING MINORS
Italy voiced "serious concern" to the United Nations over Iran's "systematic" use of capital
- JANUARY 1, 2010ItalyDEATH 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.
NOVEMBER 11, 2009ItalyDEATH PENALTYHANDS OFF CAIN: EXECUTION IN VIRGINIA DOESN’T HALT DECREASE IN USA
regarding the execution in the United States of John Allen Muhammad, better known as the 'Washington Sniper', Hands Off Cain secretary Sergio D'Elia told ADNKRONOS: “the execution carried out today in Virginia doesn’t halt the decrease of both the death p
OCTOBER 30, 2009ItalyDEATH PENALTYDEATH PENALTY: D'ELIA- I DON’T BELEIVE THAT RUSSIA CAN HAVE SECOND THOUGHTS
the decision to apply a moratorium on capital punishment in Russia was made by Boris Yeltsin and then
OCTOBER 22, 2009BelarusDEATH PENALTYITALY/BELARUS: ZAMPARUTTI- ITALIAN COMMITMENT AGAINST DEATH PENALTY DISAPPOINTING
regarding today’s reply by Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Luigi Scotti to the urgent parliamentary question on Vasil Yuzepchuk’s imminent execution in Belarus, Radical Parliamentarian and Hands Off Cain treasurer Elisabetta Zamparutti said:
OCTOBER 20, 2009ItalyDEATH PENALTYITALY-BELARUS: RADICALS- DEATH SENTENCE TEST CASE OF THE ‘GOOD RELATIONS’ BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES
together with other elected Radical parliamentarians from the Democratic Party list, Elisabetta Zamparutti presented an urgent parliamentary question to the Ministers of Foreign Affairs regarding the case of Vasil Yuzepchuk.
- OCTOBER 10, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: D’ELIA (RADICALS)- DEATH PENALTY ALSO RESULT OF POLITICS OF APPEASEMENT
"As usual, the Mullah’s regime celebrated the world day against the death penalty in a deadly manner,"
- AUGUST 24, 2009ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY-LIBYA: ITALIAN 'FRECCE TRICOLORI' CELEBRATE DICTATORSHIP - D'ELIA
'The economic cost of flying the Italian “Frecce Tricolore” in Libya may be ridiculous, but the political cost
JULY 29, 2009ItalyDEATH PENALTYDEATH PENALTY: “HANDS OFF CAIN” CONTINUES AROUND THE WORLD TOWARDS THE ABOLITION OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
the positive evolution around the world over the last ten years towards the abolition of
JULY 29, 2009ItalyDEATH PENALTY“ABOLITIONIST OF THE YEAR 2009”: NAPOLITANO- APPLAUSE FOR NEW MEXICO GOVERNOR AND PARLIAMENTARIAN, PRIZE WINNERS
“Italy has always been first in line against the death penalty” and it is “an obligation to continue to fight for the inviolability of life and against the culture of death.” This was the warning of the President of the Republic, Giorgio Napolitano, agai
JULY 1, 2009ItalyDEATH PENALTYDEATH PENALTY: ITALIAN RESOLUTION APPROVED BY ANNUAL OSCE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY
the Resolution for the moratorium on capital executions and for the abolition of the