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
- MARCH 13, 2008ItalyDEATH PENALTY
GAY IRANIAN. EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: NO TO EXPULSION TO IRAN
the European Parliament approved the urgent resolution promoted by the Radical
- MARCH 13, 2008ItalyDEATH PENALTY
UK. VICTORY FOR KAZEMI AS HOME SECRETARY HALTS DEPORTATION TO IRAN
a gay teenager who faces the death penalty if he is forced to return to Iran won a
- MARCH 11, 2008ItalyDEATH PENALTY
NETHERLANDS. DUTCH COURT REJECTS APPEAL BY GAY IRANIAN MAN
the Council of State, the Netherlands' highest administrative court, rejected an
- MARCH 10, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
TIBET. RADICALS OPEN THE "FREE TIBET" MARCH IN DHARAMSALA AND BEGIN THE WORLD SATYAGRAHA FOR PEACE
in Dharamsala, the capital of the Tibetan Government in exile, the Non Violent
- MARCH 6, 2008ItalyDEATH PENALTY
GAY IRANIAN. 60 EURO PARLIAMENTARIANS SIGN APPEAL TO SAVE MEHDI
an appeal was signed by 60 European parliamentarians to obtain assurances on
- MARCH 3, 2008ItalyDEATH PENALTY
NETHERLANDS. DECISION TO REPATRIATE GAY IRANIAN POSTPONED TO MARCH 5
in Rotterdam this morning, a Dutch judge met Seyed Mehdi Kazemi, the
- MARCH 3, 2008ItalyDEATH PENALTY
GAY IRANIAN. RADICALS ASK DUTCH EU REPRESENTATIVE TO INTERVENE
Radical European Parliamentarians Marco Cappato and Marco Pannella asked
- MARCH 3, 2008ItalyDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY. RADICALS TO D’ALEMA, SPECIAL UN ENVOY NEEDED
Sergio D’Elia, Member of the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Commission
- FEBRUARY 26, 2008ItalyDEATH PENALTY
NETHERLANDS. AUTHORITIES BLOCK MEHDI’S TRANSFER TO UK
the Dutch authorities blocked the transfer of gay Iranian youth Mehdi Kazemi
- JANUARY 15, 2008ItalyDEATH PENALTY
POPE: RADICALS, BELATED INTERVENTION BY RATZINGER ON THE DEATH PENALTY AT LA SAPIENZA
Elisabetta Zamparutti, Treasurer of the Italian Radicals and of Hands Off
- JANUARY 1, 2008ItalyDEATH 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 20, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
MORATORIUM. RADICALS, THE HARD WORK STARTS NOW
“The hard work starts now. Its like signing a contract, now you have to apply it,”