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
- MAY 12, 2025ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY - Oshima "The hanging"
In Perugia, on May 14
MAY 2, 2025ItalyDEATH PENALTYUSA - Illinois. Former Gov. George Ryan Dies at 91
He cleared death row in 2003
JANUARY 27, 2025ItalyDEATH PENALTYIRAN - International Appeal to save Behrouz Ehsani and Mehdi Hassani
Two political prisoners whoi coulod be executed within hours
- OCTOBER 11, 2024ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY - Interview with professor Gemma Varona
On Restorative Justice
- OCTOBER 10, 2024ItalyDEATH BY PUNISHMENT
ITALY - Interview with professor Patrizia Patrizi
On the state of restorative justice two years after the Cartabia Reform
- FEBRUARY 19, 2024ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY - Marco Cochi died in Rome
An important friend of Cain, expert on Africa
- JULY 21, 2023ChinaDEATH PENALTY
ITALY - Falun Gong demonstrated in Rome
Outside the Embassy of China
- APRIL 12, 2023ItalyDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Italy. Press conference in the Italian Parliament for a change in the policy on Iran
Lucio Malan, Giulio Terzi di Santagata, Elisabetta Gardini, Emanuele Pozzolo, Fabrizio Benzoni, Monica Ciaburro, Marco Scurria e Maryam Rajavi
APRIL 11, 2023Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTYCONGO: SIX SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON OVER DEATH OF ITALIAN AMBASSADOR ATTANASIO
A Democratic Republic of Congo military court sentenced six men to life in prison over the death of the Italian ambassador, his bodyguard and driver, a lawyer said on 7 April 2023.
- DECEMBER 29, 2022ItalyDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Italian PM Meloni Says Repression Of Protesters In Iran ‘Unbearable’
- DECEMBER 29, 2022ItalyDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Iran summons Italian ambassador over protests solidarity
- DECEMBER 28, 2022ItalyDEATH PENALTY
IRAN – Italy. Italy urges Iran to stop executions and open dialogue with protesters