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
SEPTEMBER 29, 2008ItalyDEATH PENALTYDEATH PENALTY. FRATTINI: NEW RESOLUTION ON MORATORIUM SOON
Foreign Affairs Minister Franco Frattini said that Italy will promote a new UN resolution to confirm the moratorium on the death penalty that was approved last December by the United Nations General Assembly and to push countries that still employ the dea
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2008ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. CHAMBER RATIFIES PROTOCOL NO 13
the Chamber of Deputies approved the draft law for ratifiying Protocol No 13 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Liberties, concerning the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
SEPTEMBER 24, 2008ItalyDEATH PENALTYDEATH PENALTY. ZAMPARUTTI- PROTOCOL NO 13 RATIFICATION GOOD, BUT COMMITMENT REQUIRED TO STRENGTHEN UN RESOLUTION
regarding the Chamber of Deputies' ratification of Protocol No 13 of the European Convention for the protection of human rights and fundamental liberties, Democratic Party Radical Parliamentarian Elisabetta Zamparutti said: "The vote today is the final po
SEPTEMBER 17, 2008ItalyDEATH PENALTYITALY-LIBYA: RADICALS- THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD REPORT IN PARLIAMENT ON THE AGREEMENT WITH GHADDAFI
"In forty years of absolute power, Colonel Ghaddafi's regime has been characterised by the persecution of every type of political dissent, by the systematic repression of the free opinions of individuals and associations not acknowledged by the regime, by
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2008ItalyDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY: D'ELIA- INCREASE EFFORT TO ATTAIN ABOLITION
"We need to increase our efforts to consolidate these results and move from a moratorium to the abolition of the death penalty," Hands Off Cain Secretary Sergio D'Elia said in response to Ban Ki-Moon's report on the death penalty around the world.
AUGUST 30, 2008ItalyDEATH PENALTYBONINO: UN ENVOY NEEDED TO APPLY THE RESOLUTION
‘The moratorium was achieved, now it needs to be applied,' Emma Bonino, Senate Vice President, said during a television interview.
AUGUST 25, 2008IraqDEATH PENALTYL'AQUILA. ELA GANDHI SIGNS MARCO PANNELLA'S ‘MORATORIUM ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT, EVEN FOR TAREQ AZIZ’ APPEAL
Ela Gandhi signed the appeal for Marco Pannella's non violent initiative for the 'Moratorium on capital punishment, even for Tareq Aziz'.
JULY 24, 2008ItalyDEATH PENALTYHANDS OFF CAIN PRESENTS 2008 ANNUAL REPORT
during the ceremony for the “Abolitionist of the Year 2008” Award, Hands Off Cain presented its 2008 Report on the Death Penalty Worldwide.
JULY 24, 2008ItalyDEATH PENALTYPRODI HONOURED WITH “ABOLITIONIST OF THE YEAR” AWARD
Romano Prodi, the ex-President of the Council of the Italian Government, was presented with “The Abolitionist of the Year 2008” Award by Hands Off Cain. The award recognises the person who, above all others, demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to the
JULY 24, 2008ItalyDEATH PENALTYPANNELLA: HUNGER STRIKE TO SAVE TAREQ AZIZ
at the presentation of the Hands Off Cain 2008 Report on the Death Penalty Worldwide, Marco Pannella used the occasion to promote his “Moratorium on the death penalty also for Tareq Aziz” campaign. Mr Pannella has been on a hunger strike since midnight, J
- JULY 23, 2008ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY: FUN FAIR ELECTRIC CHAIR
children's and consumer rights associations called for a Milan fun fair to remove its new simulation of a prisoner being executed by electric chair.
- JULY 23, 2008ItalyDEATH PENALTY
EXECUTION AT FUN PARK: HANDS OFF CAIN, DEMENTED AND DEVASTATING
“It’s a demented and culturally devastating attraction, which undoes years of work on the part of those struggling against the death penalty.”